Movie Series to Depict the Life of Legendary Hungarian Footballer

Hungary Today 2024.01.18.

Puskás is the title of a new Hungarian feature film series about the world-famous Hungarian footballer. The producer is Péter Herman (Pierre), who left RTL Hungary last November due to restructuring, reports Index.

According to a decision on December 11, 2023, Inani Production won a HUF 90 million (EUR 235,745) script development state grant from the National Film Institute’s (NFI) Television Jury for the production of the series Puskás.

As the official information states, the series will be written by István Tasnádi, Bálint Hegedűs, and Márton Bárány and directed by Dániel Kovács.

The producer is Péter Herman (Pierre), who announced last November that he was leaving RTL Hungary (Hungarian commercial television channel) after 25 years.

The director of the series, Dániel Kovács, has also worked on RTL shows before. There is no information yet on which channel or platform Puskás will be shown.

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As is known, a film about Ferenc Puskás has been under discussion for years. The idea originally came from producer Andy Vajna, who wanted to see the film on the big screen in his lifetime and started organizing it in 2017, but he died two years later.

The first version of the script has been completed and filming could start in 2024. If all goes according to plan, the film could be released in 2027.

Fact

Ferenc Puskás (1927 – 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport’s first international superstar. As a striker and attacking midfielder, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and played in four international matches for Spain. He became Olympic champion in 1952, and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), ten national championships (five Hungarian and five Spanish Primera División), and eight individual top scorer titles. In 1995, he was recognized by the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) as the greatest top-flight goalscorer of the 20th century. With 806 goals in 793 official matches during his career, he is the seventh all-time leading goal-scorer.

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