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# Bavaria Fiction Shoots Romcom as Feature Film and Vertical Series at Once
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/19/munich-billionaire-film-vertical-series/
- Published: 2026-10-19T07:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T14:39:01.000Z
- Description: A Munich studio shoots one romcom twice over, as a feature and as a vertical microdrama, to test whether one production can serve both markets.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Frontier, Bavaria Fiction, Engizek Films, Barbara Elisabeth Bühl, Ekrem Engizek, #pool-2026-10-19, #ai-generated

Bavaria Fiction and Engizek Films are shooting the romantic dramedy "The Munich Billionaire" (working title) in Munich as a 90-minute film in 16:9 and a vertical series in 9:16, developed together from the start, DWDL reports. Barbara Elisabeth Bühl plays a 30-year-old heiress who must name a fiancé by midnight and marry within 28 days or see her fortune go to a foundation, with Vladimir Korneev, Klemens Valentino Laumer, Ercan Durmaz and Dionne Wudu in the cast; Ekrem Engizek created, wrote and produces it, André Siebert directs and edits, and Michael Hilscher is executive producer. The vertical episodes go out worldwide on the platform 9n16.com and the film is distributed internationally on its own; Engizek tells DWDL that vertical fiction "is not a shortened feature film" but a format with its own dramaturgy, visual language and pace.

**Source**: [DWDL, 19 October 2026](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/108251/bavaria%5F%5Fengizek%5Fversuchen%5Fsich%5Fan%5Ffilmmicrodramahybrid/?ref=scrolletta.com)