Producer Jenő Hábermann said Mirren would stay in the Hungarian capital for two days.
The film, based on a novel of the same name by Hungarian writer Magda Szabó, also stars the German actress Martina Gedeck, best known from The Lives of Others and The Baader Meinhof Complex. The cinematographer was Elemér Ragályi.
?Magda Szabó wrote some wonderful books. I feel that The Door stands out among these wonderful books as a masterpiece. I hope that the actors who think the same way about this book can bring to life and add spirit to Magda Szabó?s characters,? Szabó said earlier about the German-Hungarian co-production.
He added that Hábermann had invited him to make a film adaptation of the book. He said he had had many conversations with Szabó about adapting one of her books for the screen but the writer passed away before a novel was picked.
It took three years to organise financing for the project and the total budget was 6 million euros. Scenes were shot in Germany and Hungary, including near the former home of the writer in Budapest?s District II.
Szabó said The Door was partly an autobiographical novel about a husband and wife, the latter who happens to be called Magda.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
