Page 1 - Axel von Fersen

Title: Fersen - The true story*
about the man who changed Europe’s destiny.
Logline: Swedish noble man, Axel von Fersen, lives a flamboyant lifestyle amongst the royals in Europe when he decides to join the French forces in the American Revolutionary War. An experience that instigates his life calling - to protect and defend the monarchies of Europe, at any cost. *Based upon research of Fersen’s diary and 2,000 letters.
Vision: This is the untold story about one of Europe’s most influential men of all time.
Advisor to George Washington, lover to Maria Antoinette, protegé to the Swedish king, Gustav III, and a long-time enemy to Napoleon. The vision of this tv-series is to portray this dramatic time through the eyes of the man who changed Europe’s destiny.
Story: Born into one of Sweden’s richest and most highly regarded noble families, AXEL von FERSEN (18), arrives to Paris in 1778 to prepare himself for a life as an ambassador or a high ranked military. With his dominant height, blue eyes and good looks he makes women want him and men admire him. But Axel is more interested in a flamboyant lifestyle than a career. At a masquerade, Axel is introduced to the young MARIA ANTOINETTE (18), the soon to be queen of France.It’s a passionate encounter and the two become lovers, behind the back of Maria Antoinette’s husband, Ludvig XVI. But Fersen’s father, a high ranked Swedish politician, has had enough
of his son’s lifestyle and withdraws the maintenance. Seeking adventure, Fersen joins the French Army under General Major Lafayette to fight the British in the American Revolutionary War. As advisor to George Washington, he sees the birth of USA. This experience changes Fersen and he gets his life calling - to protect and defend the monarchies of Europe. Back in France, he reunites with Maria Antoinette who is now the scapegoat for the poor French finances due to the war in America. She is the most hated person in the country and it doesn’t take long until the masses gather outside the Versailles palace demanding her head on a silver platter. The French Revolution is inevitable. Being able to escape the mob, the royal family is detained in their Parisian palace under Lafayette’s watch.
Alex von Fersen
The man who changed Europe’s destiny
Napoleon Bonaparte
The French Revolution
King Gustav III