波斯皇后瓦实提（瓦市提）因为不听从亚哈随鲁王（薛西斯王）的命令而被废黜，为了选立新后，宫女四处搜罗美女，犹太人以斯帖（艾斯德尔）也在内，比且被选为新后。但是扶养以斯帖（艾斯德尔）长大的末底改（摩尔德开）却因为不愿意向朝廷官员哈曼伏拜，而遭哈曼怀恨在心，企图一举灭绝所有犹太人。以斯帖（艾斯德尔）只好冒生命危险，违背国家禁令，亚哈随鲁王（薛西斯王）请命。

伊斯特》来自圣经故事。讲述在前阿拉伯人和海法中东部犹太人地区废墟, 暴乱。影片的故事虽发生在古老波斯帝国，那里犹太人被流放。战争、屠杀永远无休止，当然爱情也是如此……

Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...

公元前2500年，犹太民族处于强大的米底波斯国统治之下。许多犹太民族在这个国家定居生活，在亚哈随鲁王的许可下，他们自由地信奉着他们的耶和华上帝。在王宫门口任职的幸运犹太人末底改，有个名叫以斯帖的漂亮堂妹，她自幼父母双亡。性格温柔且聪慧的以斯帖后来成为了大帝国米底波斯国的国母——王后。与此同时，邪恶残暴的哈曼向国王进谗言，称末底改因种族和宗教不同而违抗王法、进行反国家行为。盛怒之下的国王下令处死所有犹太人。犹太百姓面临死亡命运之时，王后以斯帖鼓起了赴死的勇气。

Esther, the Queen tells the story of a beautiful young lady, and Jewish at a time when her people were persecuted and she must avoid all of being extinct. The drama takes place in Persian Empire, where King Ahasuerus called all the virgins of the kingdom so he could choose a new queen for him. When he meets Esther, King Ahasuerus falls in love with her immediately, without knowing the truth about her origin. Esther surrenders to the love of the king and reveals her true feelings for him. They get married she is crowned queen of the whole Persian Empire. However, not everything is the plot is romance. Prejudice, jealousy and many traps are armed by Haman, the prime minister who convinces the king to exterminate the Jews. When she finds out such brutality to his people, Esther finds courage to tell the King about his Jewish origin and begs him to have pity and don't take off the Jews' life.

哈萨达（蒂凡尼·多庞特 Tiffany Dupont 饰）出生于非常底层的家庭之中，从小就被打上了奴隶的身份烙印，受尽凌辱。在父母被残忍的杀害后，哈萨达被堂兄未底改（大卫·米驰 David Michie 饰）收养，善良的未底改将哈萨达当成自己的女儿一般细心照料，一晃眼多年过去，哈萨达出落成为了亭亭玉立的大美女。 波斯国王薛西斯（鲁克·高斯 Luke Goss 饰）由于政见上的分歧而无奈将王后废黜，为了缓解自己的痛苦，他下令在全国范围内甄选新的王后，哈萨达抓住了这次飞黄腾达的机会，并且最终成为了以斯帖王后。哈萨达出身底层的经历让她更加能够体恤人民的苦难和困境，很快，她就受到了老百姓的爱戴和信赖。