Disney+ Releases First Look at Daniel Bruhl as Karl Lagerfeld in ‘Kaiser Karl’ Series

Daniel Brühl is rocking the Karl Largerfeld ponytail in the first look image from Kaiser Karl (working title), the upcoming Disney+ biopic series which sees the German star embody the late fashion designer and style icon.

The Captain America: Civil War and All Quiet on the Western Front actor plays Largerfeld in 1972, when the 38-year-old up-and-coming German designer was living in Paris and struggling to break through in the world of high fashion. After meeting and falling in love with Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin), he finds himself in competition with French fashion giants Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois) and Pierre Bergé (Alex Lutz). Agnès Jaoui (Singing Jailbirds) plays Gaby Aghion, the founder of the Chloé fashion brand, one of the first to recognize Lagerfeld’s talent.

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The Disney+ blurb for the series calls the story a “mix of romance, ambition and a tireless quest for recognition.”

The series was created and adapted for television by Isaure Pisani-Ferry (Ganglands, Vampires) Jennifer Have (The Red Band Society) and Raphaëlle Bacqué from Bacqué’s 2019 eponymous biography of Lagerfeld. Jérôme Salle (Totems) and Audrey Estrougo (Tout va Bien) directed the series, which has finished principal production in France.

Executive producers are Gaumont and Jour Premier. Kaiser Karl will drop on Disney+ later this year.

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