What would you do if you were suddenly the richest person in the world and had to use your new riches to save humanity?  Overnight everything changes for John Fontanelli. When we meet him for the first time, the young courier travels around Berlin with his friends. Without a penny in his pocket, he enjoys his independence to the fullest. Until one day he is surprised by incredible news: he is the only heir of a fortune created over 500 years ago. Over the centuries, the inheritance has grown to the incredible sum of a trillion dollars. In figures: 1,000,000,000,000 dollars. In one fell swoop, John is the rightful heir and richest man in the world. But there is no time to enjoy his newfound wealth. There is an unusual prophecy connected with this legacy: John will have to return to humanity the lost future. Searching for the right answers, John accepts the challenge.

The first two episodes of the international mini-series One Trillion Dollars are available from today, November 23rd on Paramount+. Based on the bestseller of the same name by Andreas Eschbach. The 6 episodes will be broadcast exclusively in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Latin America.

Among other locations, One Trillion Dollars is the result of 3 weeks of preparation and 4 weeks of filming, held in November 2022 in Turin and Piedmont including the factory Olivetti (Ivrea), Vittorio Emanuele bridge, I Murazzi, Turin Caselle Airport, the State Archives, the paper factory Burgo (San Mauro T.se), the restaurant Arcadia, the Subalpina Gallery (also visible in the trailer), Via Palazzo di Città, Caffè Platti, Porta Susa Station, La Nuvola Lavazza and the Parish S. Luca of Turin.

Fast, exciting and compelling, the series poses the big questions of our time and boasts a truly international cast: Philip Froissant (the Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph in the successful Netflix series The Empress) in the role of John Fontanelli, Alessandra Mastronardi as co-star Franca Vacchi and Oliver Masucci as Malcolm Mccaine. 
The cast also includes the Italian Greta Scacchi (Waiting for the Barbarians, Another World, BBC War and Peace) in addition to British-born actress Katie McGovern recently seen in the hit ITV Studios and Rai Fiction mini-series For Elisa-The Claps Case.

One Trillion Dollars is set all over the world, as well as actors from all over the world acted in different languages: this was a particular challenge for the cast. ” We are proud of our great international cast, which we owe to our excellent casting director Cassandra Han,” says producer Kerstin Nommsen.

One Trillion Dollars, from November 23 on Paramount+