Spectacular and historical: Hunyadi starts on ORF 1 on Easter Monday!

Spectacular and historical: Hunyadi starts on ORF 1 on Easter Monday!

Budapest, Ungarn - On April 21, 2025, the new event series "Hunyadi - Ascent to Power" celebrates its premiere on ORF 1. The first two episodes are broadcast on Easter Monday at 8:15 p.m. The production that has dragged on for three years is one of the most expensive series projects in Austria with costs of over 50 million euros. Director Robert Dornhelm, who is known for his Oscar and Emmy nominations, stages the story of the Hungarian hero of Jáno's Hunyadi, who lived in the 15th century.

The plot of the series follows Hunyadi's rise from a simple court to the mighty warlord and governor of Hungary. The dramatic conflicts between Hungary, Serbia, Austria and the Ottoman Empire are taken up, which leads to exciting intrigue, betrayal, passion and power struggles that shaped the Middle Ages. The spectators can look forward to spectacular fight scenes, impressive landscape shots and magnificent costumes.

main cast and production

In the title role as János Hunyadi, actor Gellért L. Kádár plays. He receives support from a talented line -up, which includes Murathan Muslu as Sultan Murad, Laurence Rupp as Albrecht von Habsburg and Cornelius Obonya as Friedrich von Habsburg. Gabriele Flossmann is responsible for the design of the series, while the camera work was carried out by Ferdinand Steininger, Klaus Hundsbichler and Andreas Schinko. International co -production combines several film companies, including Serendipity Point Films, Twin Media and Orf.

The shooting took place between July 25, 2022 and August 2, 2023 near Budapest. In these 174 shooting days, over 600 actors, stunt people and almost 100 horses were involved, which illustrates the impressive dimension of the project.

availability and accompanying documentation

From April 14, 2025, spectators can also see the entire series on the ORF ON streaming platform. One of the highlights of the broadcasting day also includes the accompanying documentation "Hunyadi - the charm of the Middle Ages", which is also broadcast on April 21st to offer additional context to the series and to illustrate the fascination of the Middle Ages.

The story of János Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 when siege from Nándorfehérvár, is staged in the series and offers insights into the most turbulent times of European history. More and more people show interest in this era, which is characterized by power struggles and heroic deeds, and raises "Hunyadi" to one of the excited series of the year.

For more information about the series, visit Krone, ORF program and orf Stories.