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title: "TV report – In the cab through Budapest"
description: "How do you get to know a city best? Exactly: in a taxi of an experienced local. Basiliscus Film did this in Budapest. You can see the result here."
url: "https://basiliscus.net/en/references/tv-program/cap-budapest"
date: "2026-05-19T07:24:22+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  TV report – In the cab through Budapest

## A cinematic city portrait for a multi-part TV series

Marianna Bodzar has been driving a taxi since she was nineteen years old. Her dream job! She started out driving at night and learnt a lot during this time, she says. She is now forty-two and an experienced driver. She drives for the oldest taxi company in the Hungarian capital: FŐTAXI. The number of her taxi: 1972 – the year she was born! Her adventures as a taxi driver would fill pages, she says with a smile.

She gives our [camera team](https://basiliscus.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229:camera-team-filmproduction-berlin&catid=22:profil-videoproduktion-berlin&lang=en-GB&Itemid=827 "Book a camera team in Berlin") a little insight into her life as a taxi driver in Budapest. She often drives celebrities around the city. Just a few weeks ago, she drove the Hungarian participant in the European Song Contest – Kallay Sanders András. We let Marianna Bodzar show us the city from her taxi and hear little anecdotes from her twenty-three years as a taxi driver in Budapest. And we realize that Marianna is not only a passionate taxi driver, but also a wonderful city guide! She loves her work, her city – which we can totally understand – and she has a great sense of humour! We saw a lot, learnt a lot, and we know: We have to come back again! Because three days in Budapest is definitely not enough!

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####  Client

Deutsche Welle TV | euromaxx

####  topic

Travel report Ungarn

####  Website

####  Produced

August 2014

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####  Our Services

- Research, organization and planning of the film production in Budapest, Hungary
- Shooting with own equipment (Sony FS7, Nikon D800)
- directing and interviews
- Post production and color grading with AVID Symphony on MacPro
- Research and music selection
- Writing the off-text for the speaker
- Transcoding for HD exploitation

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