Danish Oscar winner Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”) has been set to direct a film adaptation of Karen Blixen’s fantasy novel “Ehrengard” for SF Studios and Netflix.
Set in the fairytale kingdom of Babenhausen, a young and self-appointed love expert named Cazotte is hired by the scheming Grand Duchess to help her secure an heir.
Cazotte teaches the timid and introverted Crown Prince the art of seduction and lovemaking, but the plan soon backfires when an heir is conceived out of wedlock and the royal family has to seek refuge in the castle of Rosenbad.
Here, as rivals within the royal family close in on their scheme, Cazotte himself falls in love with Ehrengard, the maid of honour, and gradually learns he is no expert on love at all.
Anders August is the scriptwriter while Marcella Dichmann and Jacob Jorgensen are producing and the country’s actual royalty – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark – is designing the sets.
Source: Deadline
