故事开始于1864年的德国，年仅19岁的路德维希二世（赫尔穆特·贝格 Helmut Berger 饰）登上了王位，成为了统治巴伐利亚的国王。实际上，路德维希是一个性格非常优柔寡断的男子，根本就不适合作为国家的统治者，他脆弱的自尊和薄弱的意志力常常将他置于痛苦的境地之中，这种痛苦在他挚爱的表姐伊丽莎白（罗密·施奈德 Romy Schneider 饰）含恨远嫁他乡之后，变得更加的强烈。　　实际上，路德维希也曾设想过实现自己的政治抱负，然而，他身边聚集着的，是各怀鬼胎的三教九流，当时间来到19世纪下半叶时，他的所有设想都化作了泡影。之后，为了逃避繁琐的政事，路德维希躲进了一座城堡之中，并且最终被大臣视为患有精神疾病，而遭到了废黜。

　　巴伐利亚「童话国王」戏剧性一生，曾被维斯康堤拍成《诸神的黄昏》，传奇再度搬上银幕。爱美的路德维希二世醉心华格纳歌剧，十八岁登基，企图以音乐化解干戈，以浪漫热情追求艺术寻觅自由。但战争迫在眉睫，他的梦想世界不被理解。和平梦碎，辱国丧权，压抑的同性爱欲更咬噬着他的敏感心灵。晚年孤僻离群，执着于斥巨资修建奢华城堡，务求在眼前实现童话王国，却被当成疯子看待。男主角演绎翩翩美少年的路德维希二世入型入格，布景美轮美奂，风光如画的凡尔赛宫、新天鹅堡等尽入眼帘。

A talented young dancer has to learn to fight for his dream despite social and parental disapproval.

Inspired by a shocking story from the Windrush Scandal.　　After 50 years in the UK, Anthony McKay-Williams is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.　　Patrick Robinson and Nadine Marshall lead the drama as Anthony and Janet McKay-Williams.　　Pippa Bennett Warner plays Patrick’s daughter Eileen, CJ Beckford plays her brother Gary and Corinne Skinner Carter plays Patrick’s mother, Lucille.

　　Scared of life and lacking the courage to be himself, Ludovico lives hidden away in his grandmother's old apartment. One night, the wickedness of the world goes to visit him in the form of Jack, a boy who is Ludovico's age but has the opposite character: hard, determined, perhaps criminal. The forced cohabitation of two human beings who couldn't seem more different from one another turns into an initiation rite to adulthood, the discovery of their true and respective personalities. And when the harsh reality that is mercilessly stalking them appears to present the bill, they will have to face it, bolstered by a new awareness and unhoped-for courage.