„The New York Times recently dubbed Budapest »Hollywood on the Danube.« More international films are produced there than in any other European city, partly because Budapest has state-of-the-art production studios and receives generous tax breaks from the government. Most of all, however, it's because of the city itself. Budapest is Europe in a nutshell, the perfect double for Rome, Paris, Madrid or Munich and the ideal setting for all kinds of movies. Anthony Hopkins is currently filming a thriller there, while Nicole Kidman appears in a comedy being produced in Budapest. Earlier this year, Robert Pattinson, the star of the »Twilight« films, shot scenes on Budapest's landmark Széchenyi Chain Bridge for the upcoming film »Bel Ami.«
But there is also news from the real Budapest, and the real Hungary of recent months.