Seine prunkvolle Hofhaltung und seine unzähligen Mätressen sind bis heute legendär: August der Starke war einer der schillerndsten Herrscher des europäischen Barock. Der sächsische Kaufmannssohn Wittke möchte an diesem Glanz teilhaben und tritt in die diplomatischen Dienste des Königs. Aber das hat Folgen für seine Beziehung zur schönen Henriette.

The descendant of a noble family, Ilia Tschawtschawadse, who was an author, banker and a publicist, is considered as the „Father of the Nation“. As one of the first after the Russian Colonization, he studied in St. Petersburg, brought back progressive ideas and – with a critical look at the backwardness and lethargy in his homeland – he became its active promoter. He apportioned his property among the bondslaves, founded a society for the spreading of the literacy among Georgians, the bank of the nobility, journals, the dramaturgic society and the historic-ethnographic Society of Georgia. His literary works reflect the diversity of the Georgian society in the 19th century.