Now that all 8 episodes of season 2 are out I can finally get rid of all these pictures I took back in October 2019 when the crew filmed right under my university’s nose in Budapest :D The content might be a tiny bit spoilery and also it’s going to be longer than War and Peace so I’m putting it under a “readmore” for your convenience.
All of these photos were taken on October 4th 2019, in Budapest, right in front of Building F of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE for short). Classes were not suspended for the time of filming which was insanely funny to us because we literally went to school in the Kreizler Institute on that day! We were let through into the building between takes and even though we were asked not to take photos, practically all of us managed to take some from inside the building and after filming was done but before the set dressing was removed. For example I took a close-up of the Kreizler Institute sign that was put up to cover the uni building’s usual plaques:
They also covered our usual “F épület” (Building F) sign with a much fancier version. We begged them to leave it but sadly it was not allowed.
I have a few more comparison shots of this area although not always from the same p.o.v. as the final shot. The ones below were taken after filming was done because obviously we were not supposed to take photos right in the middle of the set. The screenshots are all from episode 6.
From inside the building we could mostly see a carriage drawn by two black horses (not the police cart, but another one from episode 8), Daniel Brühl and a mysterious Black Lady none of us could identify at the time, which is great because if I had known that it was Lara Pulver I would have dropped dead right before my Intro to Economics class :D
Here are some final shots from episode 8. I took the pictures above from a first floor classroom window behind Lara.
They also built an entrance gate to create a fully closed courtyard for the institute, that was kind of the border of the set. It looks perfectly real but it’s plaster/cardboard :D
Here’s what could be seen from the other side of the blue screen: precisely nothing!
I sat down for a while because I had some free time between classes and took photos of some nearby extras as well:
I hope you guys enjoyed this little something I wanted to share, it was definitely one of the best days I’ve ever had in uni :D
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