VietNamNet Bridge - Austria’s
global love story TV series “The Dream Hotel” has come to HCM City
to cast actors.

Director Otto W. Retzer and his wife

On April 27,
Director Otto Retzer and his crew spent the whole day at the BHD Star Cinema in
HCM City, to meet Vietnamese candidates to
cast about 10 actors and actresses for his supporting roles. Singer Minh Thuan,
casting manager of the Viet Film Studio, the Austrian film crew’s partner in Vietnam,
attended the casting.

Apart from 10
actors and actresses, the Austrian film crew also cast over 450 extras for
scenes that will be shot in Hue city, Hoi An and Ha Long Bay from May 4 to June 2.

The Dream Hotel film crew in Thailand

“The Dream Hotel”
is a famous TV series in Austria.
Produced by Lisa Film Produktion GmbH, the series has attracts around 173
million viewers in Austria
and Germany
in the last eight years, with two episodes every year.

The series was shot
in The Seychelles, Mauritius,
Mexico, Malaysia, China
and South Africa, before it
comes to Vietnam.

Each 90 minute
episode uses a love story plot to showcase different cultures and locations
around the world. The series is broadcast on German ARD and Austrian ORF
channels from January to February.

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