Wasn't it just? I would love to do screenshots as well, not least because Hotham, probably to signal he's the most sophisticated character, actually wears a big black Haarbeutel. But alas it's on Amazon Prime and nowhere else, and my attempts to take pics result in copyright protecting black screen again.
LEOPOLD WHO???? was my reaction as well. I mean, there's so much other stuff. But even a mid 19th century audience, for which this was originally written, must have been aware that if there'd been an Archduke Leopold around in 1731 for Wilhelmine to potentially marry, European history would have been different. (OTOH a 1970s West German tv audience could be relied upon to have forgotten that the non existence of a male archduke was kind of a key issue.)
A bit more seriously: of course, now I wonder. FW would never have allowed his sons to convert, save for my one AU. But his by default less important daughters? If one of them gets to be Empress Consort? On the one hand, it was common enough practice for Protestant princesses if a match to a superior in rank and power beckoned - see Liselotte and MT's mother both starting out as Protestant princesses and converting in order to marry Catholic princes. And FW's own mother would have been cool with converting if old Louis XIV had married her. On the other hand: FW was the outlier among 18th century Kings. So, what do you think?
ETA: Found three pictures from the film online; sadly, none show Hotham and his Haarbeutel. Here's Carl Raddatz as FW:
Re: Die Preußische Heirat, or Hohenzollern: The RomCom
LEOPOLD WHO???? was my reaction as well. I mean, there's so much other stuff. But even a mid 19th century audience, for which this was originally written, must have been aware that if there'd been an Archduke Leopold around in 1731 for Wilhelmine to potentially marry, European history would have been different. (OTOH a 1970s West German tv audience could be relied upon to have forgotten that the non existence of a male archduke was kind of a key issue.)
A bit more seriously: of course, now I wonder. FW would never have allowed his sons to convert, save for my one AU. But his by default less important daughters? If one of them gets to be Empress Consort? On the one hand, it was common enough practice for Protestant princesses if a match to a superior in rank and power beckoned - see Liselotte and MT's mother both starting out as Protestant princesses and converting in order to marry Catholic princes. And FW's own mother would have been cool with converting if old Louis XIV had married her. On the other hand: FW was the outlier among 18th century Kings. So, what do you think?
ETA: Found three pictures from the film online; sadly, none show Hotham and his Haarbeutel. Here's Carl Raddatz as FW:
Sonsine and Wilhelmine:
All the Potsdam Giants tv budget can afford: