While we are waiting for new info on announced epic TV series
Rise of the Raven, on their famous warrior Janos Hunyadi, Hungary is preparing their most expensive historical movie ever
NOW OR NEVER! (Most vagy soha!) about another of their national heroes - Shandor Petofi. To be directed
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Nandor Beretyann will play their famous poet Petofi Sandor
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by
Balazs Loth, this historical epic adventure will cost about $13 million which is huge for Europe.
Rise of the Raven will, for example, cost $29 million, but that is a whole series. The film is set on the fateful day of 15 March 1848 when the Hungarian Revolution and the War of Independence from Austria started, and, scheduled for a 2023 release, it will celebrate the 200th
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A view on the battle scene from the sets of Now or Never!
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anniversary of Sándor Petőfi (to be played in the movie by young
Nándor Berettyán), one of the greatest of Hungarian poets, who along with other radical youths, sparked the revolution. With thousands of extras and massive sets built outside Budapest, the production will last till September. Lajos Ottó Horváth, Gábor Jászberényi and Tibor Fehér will also star.
Speaking of Hungarian historical movies, another one currently in production is
HADIK a feature about an 18th-century Hungarian general and
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Hadik is currently also shooting in Hungary
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nobleman Andras Hadik who was sent to capture Berlin!
Zsolt Trill plays the lead role in this movie directed by
Janos Szikora. That one is expected to arrive to cinemas sometime later this year.
