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For the audience in Dubrovnik
The ZDF series " Borgia " shows the rise and fall of the infamous Pope Clans same name. Currently, the final third season is rotated - in Dubrovnik. Gala.de watched the team of " Borgia " in Croatia over the shoulder
A cold wind blowing through the courtyard of the fortress " Lovrjenac " in Dubrovnik. Watching the sun sank into the sea off the city , diving torches in the yard dim , yellowish light . An idyllic picture. Were it not for these noise ... - chains drag across the ground, to hear scratching feet. A prisoner is dragged into the yard, kept in check by four guards .
The prisoner is to be executed. But then salvation " . Nowadays you're just still got away That you have to thank for it," growled the hangman , nodding in the direction from which the prisoner was looped . Around the corner now below a woman, all wrapped in Black - Queen " Joan of Castile " ( Miriam Stein ) . The prisoner - " Cesare Borgia " , played by Mark Ryder - works through each other , almost applied . " Why not? What does that mean? " He screams at her.
We know too much. But : " Pssst ," warns Tom Fontana , creator and showrunner of the series " Borgia ": " Just do not give too much away ! "
We are on the set of Season Three of the Renaissance epic ' to the Spanish pope Clan " Borgia " . This time it has slyly international production to Dubrovnik in Croatia - " in the Czech Republic are us slowly assumed the castles and fortresses ," Fontana said in an interview with Gala.da and laughs. Less than three weeks, the crew time to make the atmospheric outdoor shots before the beautiful backdrop of the coast of Croatia , the largest part of the series was filmed in Barrandov Film Studios in Prague since May 2013.
" We film parallel several consequences ," said Fontana. " For the actors, which can be quite difficult. , You always need to know exactly how they must feel at the time , what they have been able to get through ... This is definitely not easy. "
Logistically it is a challenge because of time constraints is rotated simultaneously in two sets. This one is located in the old town, the other is in the fortress on a hill outside the city. Costume and mask department and the production office located in the center in a hotel. There is a great deal of coming and going on the streets of Dubrovnik - otherwise the city falls in the winter months in a real deep sleep , tell us how production assistants who come from the area.
The fact that the rotation still works very smoothly , is because that the majority of the " Borgia " troupe already very familiar . The young protagonist , Mark Ryder and Isolda Dychauk , are a row since one, so since 2011 , as well .
Your characters , the siblings ' Cesare "and" Lucrezia Borgia " have been going through the largest development within the series narrative. At the very beginning they were both very young and had the sinister plans of her father, " Rodrigo Borgia " ( John Doman ) , bend . He wanted nothing more than to become Pope and to know his family at the top of Roman society. But the road to the top is paved for the family " Borgia " with lies and corpses. Dome estates , intrigues , murders - " Cesare ," and " Lucretia " had to be used for various games their father.