THETHE PRINCE
Type: documentary, crime
Director: Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi. On Netflix
«For seventeen years I had to defend myself from all those who wanted, as in bullfighting, the death of the bull. But the bull has horns.” Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the heir to the throne of the Italian royal housein exile since 1946 after the referendum that saw the defeat of the monarchy, defends himself in the docu-series Princerecently on Netflix.
Directed by Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi, the series is a “true crime” that revolves around the sensational incident on the island of Cavalloin Corsica, when in August 1978 the young German Dirk Hamer was killed from a shot probably fired from the Prince’s rifle.
In three episodes (anomalous and smaller format than the platforms have accustomed us), we witness a sort of long-distance duel between Vittorio Emanuele and Birgit Hamer, the victim’s sister, who fought to seek the truth; each with their own witnesses and supporters in support (from their son Emanuele Filiberto to Hamer’s friends present that night, including Giovanni Malagò, president of Coni).
Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy is “The Prince” (photo © Netflix).
The “Netflix model” of the documentary is thus enriched with a new piece of Italian production; archives, interviews and editing work to build the narrative, without mediation, without apparent positions.
For those who like to dig into the forgotten stories of our national past.
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