At the time of Queen Victoria's birth in 1819, England was an agrarian society. Within a few short decades, this small island nation would be transformed into an industrial superpower, with an empire spanning the globe. Queen Victoria's Empire is both the story of this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a Queen who ruled over one-fifth of the world's population. It is the story of the influential figures that would shape a distinctively British imperialism: Gladstone, Disraeli, Livingstone, Rhodes, and Prince Albert, Victoria's husband. Whether driven by profit, passion, or noble ideals, these figures would fuel an expansion unequaled in history, forever changing Britain and the lands it controlled. Personal accounts, lush reenactments, and evocative cinematography from former outposts of the Empire, including India and Africa, recount the dramatic clash of personalities and cultures that would drive Victoria's remarkable 64-year reign. 　　维多利亚女王出生于1819年，那时，英国还是个以耕地为主的国家。短短的几十年里这个小小的岛国骤然变成一个工业帝国，版图延伸全球。 　　这个系列既向我们讲述了这个非凡的时代的故事，同时也为我们再现了那个曾经统治世界人口近五分之一的迷人的女王形象，同时还介绍了一系列使得英帝国形成过程中起到重大作用的人物如Gladstone, Disraeli, Livingstone, Rhodes, and Prince Albert等

The story opens on the morning of 20 June 1837, when the Lord Chamberlain and Archbishop of Canterbury arrive to inform young Princess Victoria that her uncle, William IV, is dead, and that she is now queen. The new queen's mother and her adviser, Baron Stockmar, have been used to seeing their opinions prevail with Victoria, but now she is on the throne, she makes an effort to assert herself and show that she will not be a mere puppet. However, she agrees to confirm Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne in his place. Melbourne advises Victoria to marry, and suggests her German cousin, Prince Albert. The two appear incompatible but soon find that they are in love. As Prince Consort, Albert becomes frustrated that he is given no role in governing the country and by his powerless role as husband to the queen. Though Sir Robert Peel suggests that Victoria share some of the burdens of the crown with her husband, she refuses, on the grounds that the people would reject Albert as an interfering foreigner. Victoria's domination over her husband even includes her refusal to allow him to smoke his pipe, and this soon becomes a proxy battleground for their different perspectives. Victoria finally realises her error, and Albert becomes her trusted adviser, after he instinctively throws himself forward to protect her from an assassin's bullet. Victoria is then involved in a political crisis, as the Chartist movement gathers pace. Peel addresses the House of Commons, and as a result the Corn Laws, a tax on grain which was at the bottom of much of the popular discontent, are repealed. However, Albert is criticised following his appearance in the House of Commons. Albert's health is in decline, but he intervenes in another international crisis, preventing Lord Palmerston from sending an aggressive letter to Abraham Lincoln, who credits this with avoiding a war between the United States and Great Britain. After Albert's untimely death, and despite the protestations of her advisers and the ordinary people, Victoria disappears into a self-imposed purdah, until persuaded by Gladstone to return to an active public life. We leave her celebrating her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

维多利亚（莱阿·科斯塔 Laia Costa 饰）是一个刚刚来到柏林的西班牙少女，某日，她在街上闲逛，邂逅了名叫索恩（弗雷德里克·劳 Frederick Lau 饰）的男孩。索恩的放荡不羁很快就吸引了维多利亚的注意，让她对他平添了一份好感。之后，维多利亚又见到了索恩的三个好友博克斯（弗兰茨·罗戈夫斯基 Franz Rogowski 饰）、布林克（布拉克·伊依特 Burak Yigit 饰）和弗斯（马克思·马福 Max Mauff 饰）。 　　让维多利亚没有想到的是，这群男孩在当晚有一个非常重要的计划要执行——抢劫银行，而本该是四人的小组，却因为其中一人烂醉如泥而急需吸收新鲜血液。就这样，维多利亚成为了他们的最佳选择。

Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer in a total sentimental void, grudgingly accepts to defend Vincent, while she hires Sam as an au pair. The beginning of troubled times for Victoria.

克努特·汉姆生（Knut Hamsun）所著同名小说改编：这是作者自己感到颇为得意的一部爱情悲剧。美丽的富家女维多丽娅同磨坊主的儿子约翰内斯从小就真诚相爱。但随着时间的推移，一道森严的等级障碍越来越明显地横亘于他们面前。约翰内斯决定出去闯闯，渴望成为一名作家。即便他们难得相见，但真情丝毫不减。维多丽娅的父亲面临破产的厄运。柔弱而孝顺的维多丽娅不得不服从父亲的意志与一个富有的年轻人奥托订婚，以保全他们的家产。维多丽娅和奥托举行订婚仪式时，约翰内斯也应邀出席了。维多丽娅在此场合把年轻漂亮的女友卡米拉介绍给约翰内斯。 　　尽管维多丽娅对约翰内斯依然一往情深，她还是希望他和卡米拉相爱。约翰内斯最终向卡米拉求婚并得到了允诺。奥托在打猎中不幸中弹身亡。维多丽娅重又找到约翰内斯，向他倾诉衷肠。但约翰内斯却左右为难，因为他已决定同卡米拉结婚。卡米拉不久却爱上了另一个小伙子，她为难地向约翰内斯作了坦白，但他却无动于衷。在他终于具备了同维多丽娅成为眷属的条件时，她却身染重病，托人给他捎来了一封令人撕心裂肺的遗书。这部爱情悲剧情节曲折多变，故事生动感人。出版后引起了很大的反响，一版再版。评论界将它列入世界爱情小说名著，汉姆生也因此在世界文坛上获得了声誉。

克努特·汉姆生（Knut Hamsun）所著同名小说改编：这是作者自己感到颇为得意的一部爱情悲剧。美丽的富家女维多丽娅同磨坊主的儿子约翰内斯从小就真诚相爱。但随着时间的推移，一道森严的等级障碍越来越明显地横亘于他们面前。约翰内斯决定出去闯闯，渴望成为一名作家。即便他们难得相见，但真情丝毫不减。维多丽娅的父亲面临破产的厄运。柔弱而孝顺的维多丽娅不得不服从父亲的意志与一个富有的年轻人奥托订婚，以保全他们的家产。维多丽娅和奥托举行订婚仪式时，约翰内斯也应邀出席了。维多丽娅在此场合把年轻漂亮的女友卡米拉介绍给约翰内斯。 　　尽管维多丽娅对约翰内斯依然一往情深，她还是希望他和卡米拉相爱。约翰内斯最终向卡米拉求婚并得到了允诺。奥托在打猎中不幸中弹身亡。维多丽娅重又找到约翰内斯，向他倾诉衷肠。但约翰内斯却左右为难，因为他已决定同卡米拉结婚。卡米拉不久却爱上了另一个小伙子，她为难地向约翰内斯作了坦白，但他却无动于衷。在他终于具备了同维多丽娅成为眷属的条件时，她却身染重病，托人给他捎来了一封令人撕心裂肺的遗书。这部爱情悲剧情节曲折多变，故事生动感人。出版后引起了很大的反响，一版再版。评论界将它列入世界爱情小说名著，汉姆生也因此在世界文坛上获得了声誉。

拥有幸福家庭的那不勒斯美发师贾丝明，在父亲去世后，一直渴望拥有一个女儿。为了实现这个心愿，她不顾丈夫和三个儿子的反对，毅然决然地踏上了国际领养之路，引发了一系列家庭危机。

拥有幸福家庭的那不勒斯美发师贾丝明，在父亲去世后，一直渴望拥有一个女儿。为了实现这个心愿，她不顾丈夫和三个儿子的反对，毅然决然地踏上了国际领养之路，引发了一系列家庭危机。

This adaptation of a story by Knut Hamsun is about the impossible love between miller’s son Johannes and Victoria, the daughter of a manor house owner. Created as a co-production with ZDF, Widerberg adapted the original with fidelity to each and every detail while placing his own emphasis along the way. The translation of the dialogue into English – for production technical reasons – heightens the artificiality of the film, which can also be seen as creating an ironic distance to the romantic material. VICTORIA exhibits numerous similarities to ELVIRA MADIGAN, but remains more reserved, calmer, more autumnal. The film’s poor reception was one of the reasons why Widerberg was only able to make three more features in his final 18 years of life.

维多利亚是郊区一家美容院的年轻美容师，在与保守的父母激烈争执后，决定与她的印度教男友私奔。正当她内心动荡不安时，邻居请求她暂时收留一只为圣乔治教堂节日准备的供奉公鸡。面对公鸡的捣乱、意外到访的顾客，以及男友的犹豫和未来的未知，维多利亚在混乱与烦扰中经历了一整天的情感与信仰的剧烈冲突与内心深处的觉醒。