{"id":173538,"date":"2026-03-24T18:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173538\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:26:18","slug":"abba-olympics-royal-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173538\/","title":{"rendered":"ABBA, Olympics & Royal Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: A chance encounter between a German-Brazilian interpreter and Swedish Crown Prince is the inspiration for Queen Silvia<\/a>, a glossy drama series for Prime Video<\/a>. Cameras are rolling on the big-ticket production, about one of Europe\u2019s iconic royal love stories. Prime Video has the show for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordics. SAT.1 will show it free-to-air in Germany. Beta Film<\/a> has international sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tSilvia Sommerlath was the interpreter in question. She met Sweden\u2019s young Crown Prince Carl Gustaf by chance while working at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Swedish mega-group ABBA\u2019s \u2018Dancing Queen\u2019 is strongly associated with the couple\u2019s story given the first performance of the hit was at an event in their honor and performed as part of their wedding celebrations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series will be The Crown-esque in that it is a dramatization of headline-making real-life royal relationships and events. As such, the casting of Queen Silvia (working title) is sure to generate a lot of interest.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerman actress Alicia von Rittberg (Call My Agent! Berlin) has landed the plum role of Silvia. Swedish actor Edvin Endre (Vikings) takes on the part of Carl Gustaf. The series is set between Munich, Stockholm, and the French Riviera.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiguel Alexandre (Gran Paradiso) directs from a screenplay he penned with Lisa Hofer (Black Island) and Pauline Wolff (VAKA). The showrunner is Carsten Kelber. Germany\u2019s Pyjama Pictures and Sweden\u2019s Unlimited Stories share production duties on this one. Beta Film has boarded and is across distribution. The announcement is timely given drama buyers are convening on Lille this week for Series Mania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series will tell the story of how a young woman, Silvia, who was working at the Munich Olympics, met Carl Gustaf, the Crown Prince of Sweden, a playboy and the guest of honor at the Games.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cQueen Silvia is not just another royal drama,\u201d said Justus Riesenkampff, EVP Nordics & Benelux, Beta Film. \u201cIt tells the unique story of two people who come from completely different worlds..<\/p>\n

\n\tCarsten Kelber, Producer, Pyjama Pictures, added: \u201cThis is one of the biggest love stories of our time \u2013 not only between two people, but also between two countries. Putting the relationship in focus and telling it in a grown-up way is magical and modern at the same time!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFrida Wallman, Producer, Unlimited Stories said: \u201cBeing part of the first dramatized series about our Swedish Royal couple is both a privilege and a thrill. With the depth of research woven into the scripts and the remarkable collaboration between Sweden and Germany in this production, we simply cannot wait for audiences everywhere to see what we have created.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBeta Film has some royal lineage, with Dutch series M\u00e1xima proving popular. Spin-off The Other Royals \u2013 A M\u00e1xima Story is coming soon, as is Ludwig, about King Ludwig II, underscoring international buyers\u2019 continued appetite for regal tales. The Beta team will be on hand to talk about their latest royal offering at Series Mania \u2013 with the industry-facing Series Mania Forum starting in earnest today, Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: A chance encounter between a German-Brazilian interpreter and Swedish Crown Prince is the inspiration for Queen Silvia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[70753,9,24,63,36719,70754,122,124,123,70755],"class_list":["post-173538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-beta-film","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-prime-video","tag-queen-silvia","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-series-mania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}