Beta Film, Robert Lantos Epic ‘Rise of the Raven’ Set to Premiere at Mipcom Cannes, Drops Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Rise of the Raven,” the anticipated European event series from Beta Film, behind “Babylon Berlin” and “The Swarm,” and producer Robert Lantos (“Sunshine,” “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Eastern Promises”), will world premiere at Cannes content trade fair Mipcom on Oct.
22. Beta Film has shared in exclusivity with Variety a first teaser to the series, which is a bracing introduction to the scale and ambition of “Rise of the Raven’s” production values, as well as the brutality of its battles scenes as it tells in an 10-part epic the extraordinary real-life feat of Hungarian army commander Janos Hunyadi, played by discovery Gellért L.
Kádár, who turned back the tide of the Ottoman Empire’s seemingly unstoppable advance into Europe. This looks set to climax in the series as in history in 1456 when Hunyadi won a bloody Battle of Belgrade against a vast Ottoman force twice the size of his troops who were sometimes armed with just slings and patriotic fervor.
Celebrating Hunyadi’s victory, Pope Callixtus III ordered churches all over the world to ring their bells each day at noon. They still do so, down to this day.
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