# Rights  -  The Hitz Inheritance

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> Human page: https://thehitzinheritance.com/rights/
> Last updated: 2026-07-31

## Status
- Screen / adaptation rights: **Available for serious inquiry**
- Life rights: **Held solely by Elisabeth Hitz (Elisabeth Bierschenk Hitz)**
- Chain of title: **One signature** (no estate committee, no split rights)
- Contact: thehitzinheritance@gmail.com
- Response time: materials within one business day

## Formats
| Format | Status |
|--------|--------|
| Memoir / narrative nonfiction book | Manuscript in final edit; opening chapter free at /chapter/ |
| Limited series (6-8 episodes) | In development; completed pilot script |
| Documentary | Open |
| Serialized podcast | Open |

## Underlying assets
- Completed memoir manuscript (sole author: Elisabeth Hitz)
- About **144 original documents**, 1965-1966, four languages (EN, ES, DE, FR)
- Twelve documents public at https://thehitzinheritance.com/archive/
- Supervised access to sealed archive for rights conversations
- 95-second teaser trailer cut from family 1965 archive + period footage
- Free opening chapter: https://thehitzinheritance.com/chapter/

## Story (public facts only)
- Subject: Anna Maria Hitz (b. Caracas 20 Dec 1947; d. Miami 4 Feb 2019)
- Event: Reported missing from Washington, D.C., November 1965, age 17
- Press: Washington Post front page, 23 Nov 1965: "D.C. Heiress to $10 Million Fortune Missing"
- Outcome (person): Located in Caracas within days; married; newborn daughter
- Outcome (money): Estate reported at ~$10M in 1965 (~$150M today); family never collected
- Settings: Washington · Caracas · Zurich · 1965
- Genre lanes: Memoir, narrative nonfiction, prestige true crime, limited series

## Buyer pages
- Producers: https://thehitzinheritance.com/for-producers/
- Literary agents: https://thehitzinheritance.com/for-literary-agents/
- Streamers / scouts: https://thehitzinheritance.com/for-streamers/
- Comps: https://thehitzinheritance.com/comps/
- Timeline: https://thehitzinheritance.com/timeline/
- Facts: https://thehitzinheritance.com/facts/

## What is not public
Full manuscript resolution, sealed archive contents, and pilot script remain under NDA / professional request. Public pages tease; they do not spoil.

## Languages of rights holder
EN · ES · DE · FR · IT