‘One Trillion Dollars’: the series shot in Tuscany and Piedmont available from 23 November
What would you do if you suddenly became the richest person in the world and had to use your new wealth to save humanity? The six episodes of One Trillion Dollars, the new original series from Paramount+ based on the book by Andreas Eschbach, are released in Italy on 23 November.
Set in places around the globe, the series was also shot in Tuscany and Piedmont with an international cast acting in a range of languages. These include Italians, Alessandra Mastronardi, Greta Scacchi, Orso Maria Guerrini and Stefano Cassetti who appear alongside Philip Froissant, Carl Malapa, Erdal Yildiz, Oliver Masucci, Louis Nitsche, and Carsten Bjørnlund.
The Italian-German co-production was produced by W&B Television and Paramount Television International.
Tuscany and Piedmont, locations for 'One Trillion Dollars'
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The locations for One Trillion Dollars include several in Italy, in Tuscany and Piedmont.
The series filmed in Tuscany between October and November 2022, in Florence, Lucca, Viareggio and Massa. The crew led by directors Florian Baxmeyer and Isabel Braak then moved to Piedmont; where they spent 3 weeks of preparation and filmed for 4 weeks in November 2022 mostly in the city and province of Turin.
Plot and trailer of the new Paramount+ Original series
Everything changes from one day to the next for John Fontanelli (Philip Froissant), a young courier who goes around Berlin on a bicycle with his friends, not a cent in his pocket but enjoying his independence to the full. Until the day he is surprised by incredible news: he is the only heir to a fortune created over 500 years ago. Over the centuries, this has grown to a staggering $1 trillion. John is the rightful heir and, in one fell swoop, the richest person in the world. But the legacy is linked to an unusual obligation: John must restore humanity’s lost future! In the face of climate change, environmental pollution and savage financial capitalism, this seems an almost impossible task. Searching for answers, he accepts the challenge. In the process, he makes enemies of some very powerful people.