希尔维尼亚女王露易斯(珍妮特·麦克唐纳 Jeanette MacDonald 饰)常年过着离群索居深入简出的日子,长久的孤独让她内心里充满了对爱情的渴望。露易丝听闻雷纳德伯爵(莫里斯·切瓦力亚 Maurice Chevalier 饰)风流倜傥,深谙勾女之道,于是将他从法国传唤回国。来到女王身边之后,雷纳德使出了浑身的解数来讨女王欢心,成果喜人,很快,女王便决定同雷纳德结婚。 然而,两人婚后的生活并不美满幸福,女王只希望雷纳德以一个附属品的身份待在她的身边,可是雷纳德却希望自己能够参与到国家大事里去,久而久之,女王和雷纳德之间的感情产生了裂痕。Queen Louise's cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Unfortunately, he finds his position as Queen's Consort unsatisfying and without purpose, and the marriage soon runs into difficulties.