19TH CENTURY SET HISTORICAL SERIES BLACK GOLD ON THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN NORTHERN GERMANY IN WORKS

   BLACK GOLD   

NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES IN PRODUCTION

Swiss Studios, the producers of Davos 1917 and Stella, are preparing a new slate of series to offer to big streamers, and among them is BLACK GOLD, a

First look at Black Gold series

six episode historical series, from Justin Koch and Matthias Greving, which will be set in 1900 in a small village on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany, where the poor farming family Lambert is cheated by the large scale farming family Pape of the oil deposits discovered under their fields. When the oil rush takes hold of the village and threatens to destroy the farming community forever, the women of the Lamberts fight for justice and win their independence. This led the hardworking village population being torn between progress, environmental destruction and survival. The 20 million euro series will have both American and international names in the cast.