A new French miniseries celebrates German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, with Daniel Brühl in the lead role. Besides haute couture, it's about a passionate love affair. Who says no man is a prophet in his own land? Just a few weeks ago, the senate of the German state of decided to rename a section of a street Promenade.
Although it's only 150 meters (490 feet) long, it is very central and even close to Felix Jud, Lagerfeld's favorite bookshop. The Hamburg native was known to be a book lover. Meanwhile, the French, who are usually skeptical of German fashion, have dedicated a glossy streaming series to the designer called "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld.
" Behind the project is the venerable French film group Gaumont, which was founded in 1895 and is one of the world's oldest film production companies. That provenance is a good thing, entertainment reporter Simone Schlosser, one of Germany's leading experts on series, told DW. "It would be strange to do the whole thing from a German perspective — after all, Lagerfeld spent almost his entire life in France," she said.
A German in Paris The first six episodes have been available on the streaming providers and since the beginning of June. If they're successful, they will be the start of a much longer production. Director Jerome Salle and the team of screenwriters initially focused on just one decade of Lagerfeld's eventful life, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
The last episode (for now) ends with a supposed fax in June 198.
