剧情介绍
故事发生在十二世纪的英格兰，年纪老迈的亨利二世国皇打算举行一次聚会去选出他的皇位继承人。他召唤了诡计多多的太太，希望聚为妻子的情人，他的三位儿子及年轻但狡猾的法国皇帝菲猎；他们无一不希望可以统领皇族。为了能争夺亨利的帝国，众人都不惜用尽一齐办法去令因国皇相信自己的演说……King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (Yuliya Vysotskaya). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king's demise and the rise of her second and preferred son, Richard (Andrew Howard), to the throne. The youngest son, John (Rafe Spall), an overweight buffoon and the only son holding his father's affection is the king's choice after the death of his first son, young Henry. But John is also overly eager for power and is willing to plot his father's demise with middle brother, Geoffrey (John Light) and the young king of France, Phillip (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Geoffrey, of course sees his younger brother's weakness and sees that route as his path to power. Obviously political and court intrigue ensues.