Producer

Leopold Hoesch

Direction

Julia Melchior

Producer

Britta Luckas & Felix Gottschalk

Genre

Royals

Transmitter

ZDF/Arte

Length

43'

Editor

Year

2023

My Father, The King

Carl Gustaf and Victoria of Sweden

Daily cooperation between the generations is a challenge. This is no different in the royal family than in a family business, we learn from the royal family. Carl Gustaf is an experienced monarch (after fifty years of rule), Victoria is a strong-willed woman. She proved this when it came to the crucial question in her life, her husband Daniel.

The close family bond is probably also the secret of the Swedish royal family's success. Whether eating together on Sundays, during the summer vacations or on excursions into the countryside, the generations also spend a lot of time together in their private lives. Carl Gustaf is very present in his daughter's life. As a father, he was very involved in her childhood. In her youth, he supported his daughter through difficult times and sharpened her senses for topics that both of them are passionate about today.

In the year of Carl Gustaf's 50th anniversary on the throne, the film by ZDF royal house expert Julia Melchior takes a multi-layered look at the relationship between father and daughter, king and crown princess. Exclusive footage of the royal family and interviews with family and companions provide unusually personal insights into the lives and thoughts of the generations in Sweden's royal family.

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