The restless ruler of an obscure Central European state plots a coup againsthimself and escapes to Venice in search of real experience. There he falls inwith a ... » 

The restless ruler of an obscure Central European state plots a coup againsthimself and escapes to Venice in search of real experience. There he falls inwith a team of conmen and ends up to his own surprise impersonating himself.His journey through successive levels of illusion and reality teaches him muchabout the world his own nature and the paradoxes of the human condition. «