Becoming Karl Lagerfeld trailer: Daniel Brühl heads the Disney+ series

Disney+ has released the first trailer for the biographical drama television series Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. The main role in it was played by the German actor Daniel Brühl, who became famous for his participation in the comic book film Captain America: Civil War (2016). The six-episode project will be released on streaming services Hulu and Disney+ on June 7, 2024.

“In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld was 38, and he had not yet tried on the iconic hairstyle. He is a ready-to-wear designer unknown to the general public. A meeting with the daring and ambitious intellectual, poet and artist Jacques de Bascher pits the most enigmatic fashion designer of our time against friend (and rival) Yves Saint Laurent. He has already spoken loudly in the world of high fashion and received the support of influential businessman Pierre Berger,” says the official synopsis of the project.

The action of the series “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” will unfold in the 70s of the last century in Paris, Monaco and Rome and will follow the complex and contradictory personality of the Parisian couturier, who set out to become the emperor of a fashion empire. Viewers will see glamor and clashing egos, big parties and destructive passions in this story of Karl, before he became Lagerfeld.

Who worked on the series “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”

The creators of the project were Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have and Rafael Bascu. Pisani-Ferry, Dominique Bomard, Jennifer Have and Nathalie Hertzberg wrote the screenplay based on the latter's 2019 best-selling book Kaiser Karl. The production was directed by Jérôme Salle and Audrey Estrugo. Salle also took on the role of executive producer alongside Arnaud de Cremieux. The television adaptation included music written by Evgeny and Sasha Galperin.

The cast also includes Théodore Pellerin as Jacques de Bascher, Arnaud Valois as Yves Saint Laurent, Alex Lutz as Pierre Berger, Agnès Jaoui as Gabriel Aghion, Jeanne Damas as Paloma Picasso, Claire Laffout as Lulu de la Thales, Sunni Melles, Paul Spera as Andy Warhol and Lisa Kreuzer as Karl's mother, Elisabeth Lagerfeld.