Paris, 1875. Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner meet for the first time. This encounter marks the beginning of an astonishing friendship, at the heart of a Europe in the throes of industrial revolution and threatened by war.
He was a Swedish visionary, inventor and opportunistic entrepreneur who had just invented the dynamite, an explosive so powerful it would not only bring technological advances but also massive destruction in a century on the brink of modernity. She was an Austrian aristocrat who came to work for him as a secretary and who would soon become one of the most powerful voices of the emerging pacifist movement.
Everything seemed to oppose them, yet the 20 years of their correspondence - until Nobel’s death in 1896 - would lead to the creation of the most prestigious prize in the world: the Nobel Peace Prize.
Blending letters exchanged, dramatic reenactments, exclusive archives and specialists’ interventions, this film recounts the exceptional story of these two European destinies where faith in science, the thirst for success and the made hope for an ever-lasting world at peace intersect.
Direction: Daniel Skogström, David Walter Bruckner & Stephanie Ninaus
Production: Nordic Eye Productions, ZED & RANFILM for SVT, ARTE G.E.I.E., ORF, TV5 Québec, Planète+, RTBF & NRK
With the support of Creative Europe - Media Programme of the European Union, of Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) and RTR
Delivery: Summer 2025
For the 130th anniversary of the Nobel Prize creation in 2025
