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EXCLUSIVE: A chance brushwood betwixt a German-Brazilian expert and Swedish Crown Prince is nan inspiration for Queen Silvia, a glossy play bid for Prime Video. Cameras are rolling connected nan big-ticket production, astir 1 of Europe’s iconic royal emotion stories. Prime Video has nan show for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and nan Nordics. SAT.1 will show it free-to-air successful Germany. Beta Film has world sales.
Silvia Sommerlath was nan expert successful question. She met Sweden’s young Crown Prince Carl Gustaf by chance while moving astatine nan 1972 Olympic Games successful Munich. Swedish mega-group ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’ is powerfully associated pinch nan couple’s communicative fixed nan first capacity of nan deed was astatine an arena successful their grant and performed arsenic portion of their wedding celebrations.
The bid will beryllium The Crown-esque successful that it is simply a dramatization of headline-making real-life royal relationships and events. As such, nan casting of Queen Silvia (working title) is judge to make a batch of interest.
German character Alicia von Rittberg (Call My Agent! Berlin) has landed nan plum domiciled of Silvia. Swedish character Edvin Endre (Vikings) takes connected nan portion of Carl Gustaf. The bid is group betwixt Munich, Stockholm, and nan French Riviera.
Miguel Alexandre (Gran Paradiso) directs from a screenplay he penned pinch Lisa Hofer (Black Island) and Pauline Wolff (VAKA). The showrunner is Carsten Kelber. Germany’s Pyjama Pictures and Sweden’s Unlimited Stories stock accumulation duties connected this one. Beta Film has boarded and is crossed distribution. The announcement is timely fixed play buyers are convening connected Lille this week for Series Mania.
The bid will show nan communicative of really a young woman, Silvia, who was moving astatine nan Munich Olympics, met Carl Gustaf, nan Crown Prince of Sweden, a playboy and nan impermanent of grant astatine nan Games.
“Queen Silvia is not conscionable different royal drama,” said Justus Riesenkampff, EVP Nordics & Benelux, Beta Film. “It tells nan unsocial communicative of 2 group who travel from wholly different worlds..
Carsten Kelber, Producer, Pyjama Pictures, added: “This is 1 of nan biggest emotion stories of our clip – not only betwixt 2 people, but besides betwixt 2 countries. Putting nan narration successful attraction and telling it successful a grown-up measurement is magical and modern astatine nan aforesaid time!”
Frida Wallman, Producer, Unlimited Stories said: “Being portion of nan first dramatized bid astir our Swedish Royal mates is some a privilege and a thrill. With nan extent of investigation woven into nan scripts and nan singular collaboration betwixt Sweden and Germany successful this production, we simply cannot hold for audiences everyplace to spot what we person created.”
Beta Film has immoderate royal lineage, pinch Dutch bid Máxima proving popular. Spin-off The Other Royals – A Máxima Story is coming soon, arsenic is Ludwig, astir King Ludwig II, underscoring world buyers’ continued appetite for regal tales. The Beta squad will beryllium connected manus to talk astir their latest royal offering astatine Series Mania – pinch nan industry-facing Series Mania Forum starting successful earnest today, Tuesday.
