Anna Bánáti

The Dynasty by the Direkt36 investigative center tells the story of the business dealings of the Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, it also shows the luxurious world built by Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz and his daughter Ráhel Orbán.

The Hungarian economy has been stagnant for years. In the film, we explore how we got here after the country's catch-up seemed like a success story in the second half of the 2010s. A large part of society benefited from the processes at that time, and the improving standard of living also laid the foundation for the support of the Fidesz government. However, after 2022, all of this came to an end in one fell swoop, which politics attributes 100 percent to external circumstances, such as war. The reality is completely different, and the reasons that have now slowed growth to near zero have been working in the background throughout the years that seemed successful on the surface. We show why the promised flight of aircraft is missed year after year.