Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestThe mutual hostility between JC and Carl is cemented when JC drags his son through a humiliating trial. Carl takes his revenge thoroughly when JC later gets into trouble at the brewery. Ottilia tries to get them to make amends while Laura asks JC to be a grandfather to her three grandchildren, whom he doesn't even know. Is reconciliation possible?
A story about Carlsberg founder JC Jacobsen, his son Carl, and their struggle to create a brewing company, and simultaneously a look at fifty years of Danish history.
Production
Lavish 19th-century Copenhagen reconstruction
Writing
Decades-spanning father-son psychological warfare
Creator
Kaspar Rostrup
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series coincided with Carlsberg's 150th anniversary, which the company initially embraced until they saw how unflatteringly JC was portrayed.
JC Jacobsen's real-life philanthropic mandates — including the Carlsberg Foundation controlling the company — were so specific they outlived him by centuries and still govern the brewery today.
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