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Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and her husband Prince Olav visit U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. A year later they must flee the Nazi invasion of their country.

Premieres on April 4 at 9PM

A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States in an epic drama based on the World War II relationship of Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha. Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Sex and the City) stars as Roosevelt, opposite Swedish star Sofia Helin (The Bridge) as Martha.

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S2021 Ep2 | 30s

Martha and her children take refuge in Sweden, but a Nazi threat still looms.

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Kyle MacLachlan as Franklin Roosevelt

S2021 Ep1 | 2m 46s

Kyle MacLachlan reflects on what it was like to play such an iconic role.

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A princess steals the heart of the president in an epic WWII drama.

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