Name: A Royal Secret
Released: 2021-12-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sverrir Gudnason, Staffan Göthe, Reine Brynolfsson

TV Show · Drama · History

The Haijby Case is the story of a forbidden love that was meant to be kept hidden from the public at all costs. When the secret got out, it led to one of the worst miscarriages of justice that Sweden has ever witnessed. Theme: Pride & LGBTQ.

2021 · 45m

Starring Sverrir Gudnason, Staffan Göthe, Reine Brynolfsson

Director Lisa James Larsson

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his failing restaurant, former con man Kurt Haijby appeals for a private audience with King Gustav V of Sweden. To his wife Anna’s great surprise, he is granted one.

44m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

When Kurt Haijby’s wife and restaurant co-owner discovers that he’s having an affair with the king, she seeks a divorce and refuses to speak to Kurt. It’s not long before Governor Nothin receives the information.

44m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Haijby is thrown into a Gestapo prison for 18 months after being caught in a sexual act with a male prostitute. When he’s released in 1941, Nothin’s colleagues are waiting to collect him from the train in Stockholm.

44m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

In Kurt Haijby's dramatic 1950s trial, he stood accused of blackmailing the royal court, and many witnesses were called. This was his lawyer Henning Sjöström´s first case, and he then wrote a book about it.

43m