Those letters, according to historians, belonged to Prince Maximilian of Baden — a royal heir whose private life was carefully erased from history.
This documentary explores the hidden world of a German crown prince who lived under constant surveillance, whose intimate correspondence with men threatened dynastic stability, and whose secrets were considered so dangerous they were deliberately destroyed.
From whispered rumours at university to coded letters intercepted by court intelligence, Maximilian’s life reveals how power, sexuality, and silence shaped royal destinies.
As World War I pushed Germany toward collapse, the same man forced to hide his forbidden desires became the last Chancellor of Imperial Germany — tasked with ending an empire that had imprisoned him his entire life. But what exactly did those burned letters contain? And did all the evidence truly disappear?
This is a true historical documentary about royal secrecy, forbidden desire, political fear, and the deliberate erasure of LGBTQ+ lives from European history.
