The Prince and the Kaiser – Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld

Name: The Prince and the Kaiser – Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-09-30
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld

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9/30/2026

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90 mins

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Documentary

Overview

At the International Wool Secretariat competition, 18-year-old Yves Saint Laurent and 21-year-old Karl Lagerfeld are honoured. Whilst Saint Laurent takes over Dior shortly afterwards and founds his own label, Lagerfeld becomes a master of constant reinvention. The former friends become bitter rivals, not least because of Jacques de Bascher, Lagerfeld’s flamboyant partner, who also comes dangerously close to Saint Laurent.

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German

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A portrait of two brilliant designers whose friendship fractured under the weight of creative competition and personal entanglement. The film traces how parallel ambitions and a shared love interest turned collaborators into adversaries in the world of high fashion.