Víg125 docudrama, Episode 4

The four-part documentary, enriched with feature film elements, tells the 125-year history of the Vígszínház from 1896 to 2021, highlighting the most important turning points, joyful and painful moments. Illustrated with treasured documents, never-before-seen archive footage, interviews and performance excerpts, the film tells the behind-the-scenes stories using feature film tools. Among the characters and speakers, we find former and current members of the company, and the main character is the building itself, namely the Vígszínház.

In 2020, back during Covid, we felt that if we couldn't meet in person, we had to find other ways to tell stories about ourselves and the world. To you. And to ourselves.

We were facing Víg's 125th birthday, and we couldn't celebrate together, but we wanted to create something memorable. We decided to tell Víg's 125-year story, with the tools we have at our disposal and the way we can work: by making a film.

We’ve taken on a big challenge. Bigger than we had planned, so we were only able to finish the film by the 128th birthday.

This film was made over three years and is about 125 years. About 125 years of Víg. And since Víg has always held a special place in the cultural life of Budapest and the country, this film is not only about a theater, but also about the birth of a city and 20th-century Hungarian history.

This film is the story of hundreds of artists, creators, actors, directors, writers, playwrights, and background workers. Everyone who has ever worked at Víg has added something to this great story.

And this film was made like this: everyone, all of us who now work at Víg, added a little bit. And the audience too! Because without the audience, this couldn't work.

(*Víg ~ short form of Vígszínház)