Countess Marie Walewska meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw, where he attempts to seduce her despite her being married to a man three times her age. After ignoring his advances, she agrees to meet him again, and they eventually start a relationship. However, Napoleon's plans for a political marriage with Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria lead him to divorce Empress Josephine and leave Marie pregnant and heartbroken.
Conquest
In this historical drama, a Polish countess, Napoleon's mistress, employs her powerful position to further Poland's quest for independence, leveraging her influence over the French leader to shape the fate of her homeland.
