During World War II, Wehrmacht Captain Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) is assigned to take command of the personal bodyguard of deposed German Emperor, Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer) at his estate near Utrecht, Netherlands. Following the German invasion of the Netherlands, Nazi authorities are concerned that Allied spies may be planning to assassinate the former monarch. Upon arriving at Huis Doorn, Brandt meets the deposed Kaiser, who remains deeply depressed over his overthrow in 1918 and over the fact that the German people still blame him for their suffering during and since World War I. Even though the Kaiser's adjutant, Colonel Sigurd von Ilsemann (Ben Daniels) gives Brandt strict orders not to interfere with the female servants, Brandt is immediately drawn into a passionate affair with Mieke de Jong (Lily James), one of the maids. Mieke soon reveals to Brandt that she is secretly Jewish.
Opening Scene - The Exception
During World War II, Wehrmacht Captain Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) is assigned to take command of the personal bodyguard of deposed German Emperor, Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer) at his estate near Utrecht, Netherlands. Following the German invasion of the Netherlands, Nazi authorities are concerned that Allied spies may be planning to assassinate the former monarch. Upon arriving at Huis Doorn, Brandt meets the deposed Kaiser, who remains deeply depressed over his overthrow in 1918 and over the fact that the German people still blame him for their suffering during and since World War I. Even though the Kaiser's adjutant, Colonel Sigurd von Ilsemann (Ben Daniels) gives Brandt strict orders not to interfere with the female servants, Brandt is immediately drawn into a passionate affair with Mieke de Jong (Lily James), one of the maids. Mieke soon reveals to Brandt that she is secretly Jewish.
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