The Last Emperor

In 1908, three-year-old Pu Yi is brought to the Forbidden City on the orders of the emperor's widow. The child is crowned emperor and grows up shielded from the outside world in a golden cage. 1500 servants are always at his disposal. They follow his every move and are punished for misdeeds in his stead. Outside the Forbidden City, the revolution disempowers the emperor, but within the palace walls everything remains the same. At the age of 18, Pu Yi enters the outside world for the first time. When soldiers invade the Forbidden City, he flees to the Japanese embassy...