Same. But I was completely disgusted by how Louis was portrayed in some episodes… I can’t believe they showed him raping her, show him having an affair with another woman, and beat up his brother? They were a lovely couple and Louis was a very sweet man. I can’t believe they slaughtered him to make it “”interesting””.

@@alexa.1812 I was very surprised and disappointed by the sexual assault. Completely uncalled for and never happened. In fact, the opposite is true. It was apparently painful for her and instead of forcing himself on her, he took it slow. Which funnily enough the episode prior to the rape depicts him stopping when it’s painful. The affair with the prostitute was also an odd choice. He didn’t “learn” from another woman. The scene with Provence, I admit, I enjoyed. But historically Louis was not a violent man.

@@historygirl0126 I just don’t understand what the point of portraying him like this was…And him appearing completely dirty in episode 1, even at the DINNER TABLE? Considering he took two baths a day and was very tidy?? Also confused by Chartres’ weird creepy obsession plot-line and the whole Louis asking for a divorce - he was exceedingly religious and was always appalled at even the mention of divorce? I wonder if they made Louis this way to make the audience cheer for her alleged affair (which many historians dismiss anyway) and try to make it acceptable and “”sexy””?

Great story and great movie about royal couple that just really children. Actors unbelievable charming, good manners, dignity. Thank you.

​@@alexa.1812I'm glad that you confirmed that they portrayed Louis raping his wife Antoinette in episode 5?? I thought that I had gone crazy when I insisted on other posts that he had. Others (including journalists) called it a 'near rape' or an 'almost sexual assault'. There was no 'nearly' or 'almost'. He is clearly raping her in that scene! And why???! He was so tender and sweet to her up to that point (once he got used to her, and stopped running away). Why did they show Louis completely out of character?? Including allowing Antoinette to 'talk him' into taking sex lessons from a prostitute??!!! Why?! When Louis just said that a man who loves his wife doesn't stray! And was I imagining it, but didn't Antoinette go into a jealous fit in the 'Pick A Princess' episode when Louis kept ignoring her, but started to pay his attentions to Provence's betrothed Josephine of Savoy? Some of the near bizarre character changes from sweet to violent, then back to sweet again almost gave me whiplash!

You don't know for sure that Marie Antoinette didn't love Louis.

@@mysticalmargaret6105, you get a point but in her letters to her mother, she says how much she is disappointed with him

​@@lolobafYes, I've read some of those in biographies about Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. There is no proof that she 'never' loved him, as you claim, in any contemporary documents of the age. She had the chance to escape but refused to leave him. You can judge it to be what you like. I choose to believe that it was her love and loyalty for him.

There was an attachment specially at the end. Zweig wrote about it

Which ones are Irish actors?? Louis Cunningham, who plays Louis XVI, is British and his mother is a princess of Luxembourg. Emilie Shule, who plays Marie Antoinette, was born in Russia and is of German extraction.

Probably in Season 2.

@@mysticalmargaret6105 Season 3 They promised 3 seasons.

Vive Napoleon!!!

It's just a movie for entertainment, not a documentary.