简介：InLondon,ca.1590,asanepidemicclaimsincreasingnumbersofvictims,doctorGordonPembrokedefiesabanondissectiontoperformautopsiestotrytounderstandthedisease.Thequeen’slover,LordSurrey,whohaseyesforPembroke’sdaughterEvelyne,hasthedoctorexecutedandsentencesPembroke’sassistant,ArthurLeyde,whomEvelynedeeplyloves,toalongprisonterm.ButthejealousqueenputspaidtoSurrey’splans–shepromisesthelady-in-waitingtotheEarlofWarwickandgrantsLeydeapardon.SurreyhasEvelynekidnapped,butoncesheisathismercy,shefallsintoacoma.WhenLeydeautopsiesher,hemakesadiscovery...ShotatthesameMunichstudioandinthesamespiritasNathanderWeise(NathantheWise,ManfredNoa,1922),DerFavoritderKöniginwasalsoindebtedtotheidealsoftheEnlightenment.Inthissuspensefulperiodfilm,thestatedgoalofthedoctorsisto“liberatesciencefromitsshackles,andthepeoplefromascourge”.In1922,itwasnodoubtprovocative–andnotonlyinCatholicBavaria–toarticulateademocraticidealthatwasaresoundingcalltothepowersthatbeandtheclergythat“thepeople’svoiceisthevoiceofGod”.…