Genre: | Historical satire |
Screenplay: | Stefan Brunner |
Director: | Hannu Salonen |
Country: | Austria |
Language: | German |
Num Series: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 6 |
Producer: | Bettina Kuhn |
Cinematography: | Felix Cramer |
Network: | Disney+ |
Vienna Game is an upcoming six-part Austrian historical satire television series in the German language for Disney+.
The series takes an irreverent view of a European diplomacy during the Congress of Vienna in 1814 depicting a party-like atmosphere following the downfall of Napolean Bonaparte.[1] [2]
The series was in development at Satel Film under the working title 1814 - Vienna Game in June 2021.[3] Creator and script writer of the series is Stefan Brunner, Bettina Kuhn of Satel Film is co-creator and producer. Hannu Salonen directs ahead of a planned 2025 broadcast on Disney+.[4] Couture design on the series is by fashion designer Susanne Bisovsky.[5]
Filming got underway in Austria and Hungary on 20 February 2024.[6] The lead cast areMarlene Tanczik, Daniel Donskoy, Alexander Scheer, Fritz Karl, Erwin Steinhauer, Vladimir Burlakov, Trystan Pütter, Emma Nova, Roxane Duran, Ben Miles, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Martin Greis-Rosenthal, Julia Anna Grob, Axel Milberg, Corinna Pumm, Valentin Postlmayr and Stefan Gorski. The cast also includes Rufus Beck, Jakob Diehl, Catrin Striebeck and Heike Makatsch.[7]