Pannonia film studio

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The Pannonia Filmstudio ( Hungarian Pannónia Filmstúdió ) is the largest animation studio in Hungary . The studio has produced numerous films, TV series and short films , mainly for the Hungarian and European markets.

history

After the Second World War, Hungarian film production was nationalized in 1948 - Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat , or Mafilm for short , was founded in Budapest . There is also a group worked around Gyula Macskássy , Tibor Csermák , Attila Dargay and István Imre , the animated films manufactured. The first color film ( A Kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja ) was made under the direction of Macskássy by 1951, after which he was appointed director of the animation department. After the Hungarian uprising in 1956, the department was detached from Mafilm and under Macskássy's direction it became independent as Pannonia Filmstudio. The name of the studio derives from the landscape Pannonia from

In the early 1960s, some of the studio's short films received international awards for the first time. With the Arthur der Engel series , Pannonia implemented a television series for the first time on behalf of an American company. After this experience and with the money earned in this way, the own series Peti and Gusztáv were produced. In the 1960s, the employees at Pannonia increasingly developed fabrics for an adult audience, but children's series continued to emerge. In 1971 a branch of Pannonia was established in Kecskemét , headed by Ferenc Mikulás .

Since 1970, Pannonia has also been able to produce animated feature films. After three years in production, the film János vitéz, directed by Marcell Jankovics , was released in Hungarian cinemas in 1973 . The plot is based on an epic by the poet Sándor Petőfi . The 1976 film Lúdas Matyi is considered to be an exemplary embodiment of the Hungarian animation industry. The retelling of the legend by Ludas Matyi attracted 20% of the Hungarian population to the cinema and is therefore considered to be the most successful Hungarian cinema film. Directed by Dargay Attila. In 1979 the avant-garde cartoon musical Habfürdö by György Kovásznai followed. The 1981 film Vuk was also very successful . During this time, Pannonia was one of the largest animation studios in the world, alongside Walt Disney Studios , Hanna-Barbera , Soyuzmultfilm and Toei . At the Academy Awards in 1981 , the short film A légy by Ferenc Rófusz was the first Hungarian production ever to win an Oscar. By 1991 Pannonia had made a total of 25 full-length animated films, as well as numerous other animated series and films, including for Hungarian and German television.

After the change of the political system in Hungary in 1990, the Pannonia Film Studio lost its monopoly position in Hungarian animation production and the Hungarian Television Company stopped funding the animation production.

Productions (selection)

Animated short films

  • A Kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja - Gyula Macskássy, 1951
  • Ceruza es radír - Gyula Macskássy, György Várnai, 1960
  • Párbaj - Gyula Macskássy, 1960
  • A pirospöttyös labda - Tibor Csermák, 1961
  • A Nap és a Hold elrablása - Sándor Reisenbüchler, 1968
  • A három nyúl (The 3 Rabbits) - Attila Dargay, 1972
  • A légy ( The Fly ) - Ferenc Rófusz , 1980
  • Ad Astra - Ferenc Cakó , 1982

Cartoons

  • Peti - Gyula Macskassy, ​​György Varnai, 1963-67
  • Gusztáv (Gustav) - Attila Dargay, József Nepp , Marcell Jankovics , 1964–77
  • Mézga series (German: Metzger family ):
  • Frakk, a macskák réme - Gyula Macskássy, András Cseh, István Imre, 1971–87
  • Kérem a következöt (The next one, please) - József Nepp, Béla Ternovszky, József Romhányi, 1974
  • A Kockásfülü nyúl - Zsolt Richly, Veronika Marék, 1974
  • Magyar népmesék (Hungarian folk tales) - Marcell Jankovics, 1977
  • Pom Pom meséi ( Pom Pom ) - Attila Dargay, István Csukás, 1980
  • Vizipók-csodapók (water spider - miracle spider) - József Haui, Szabolcs Szabó, Csaba Szombati Szabó, 1982
  • Master Eder and his Pumuckl - Ulrich König, 1982
  • Leó és Fred (Leo and Fred) - Pàl Tóth, 1984

Cartoons

  • János vitéz (Hero Janos) - Marcell Jankovics , 1973
  • Hugó, a viziló (Hugo, the hippopotamus) - Bill Feigenbaum, József Gémes , 1975 (US-Hungarian co-production)
  • Lúdas Matyi (Matyi, the Goose Boy) - Attila Dargay, 1976
  • Habfürdö (bubble bath) - György Kovásznai, 1979
  • Fehérlófia - Marcell Jankovics, 1981
  • Vuk ( Vuk, the little fox ) - Attila Dargay, 1981
  • Az Idö urai / Les Maîtres du Temps ( Rulers of Time ) - René Laloux , Tibor Hernádi, 1982 (Hungarian-French co-production)
  • Daliás idők - József Gémes, 1982
  • Suli-Buli - Ferenc Varsányi, 1982
  • Háry János - Zsolt Richly, 1983
  • Misi mókus kalandjai (squirrel flies to Africa) - Ottó Foky , 1983
  • Hófehér - József Nepp, 1983
  • Szaffi - Attila Dargay, 1984
  • Mátyás, az igazságos - László Ujváry, 1985
  • Egy kutya feljegyzései - József Nepp, 1986
  • Macskafogó (Cat City) - Béla Ternovszky, 1986
  • Long live Servatius - Ottó Foky, 1986
  • Nefelejcs (Forget-Me-Not) - Elek Lisziák, 1988
  • Az erdõ kapitánya - Attila Dargay, 1988
  • Felix the Cat: The Movie ( Felix - Der Kater ) - Tibor Hernádi , 1988 (Hungarian-American co-production)
  • Vili, a veréb - Jószef Gémes, 1989
  • Sárkány és papucs - Tibor Hernádi, 1989
  • A hercegnö és a kobold / The Princess and the Goblin ( Princess Aline and the Groblins ) - József Gémes, 1991 (British-Hungarian-Japanese co-production)
  • A hetedik testvér - Jenö Koltai, Tibor Hernádi, 1995
  • Vacak 2 - az erdö Höse - Jenö Koltai, József Gémes, 1997
  • Ének a csodaszarvasról - Marcell Jankovics, 2001
  • The Princess and The Pea ( The Princess and the Pea ) - Mark Swan, 2002 (American-Hungarian co-production)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Múltunk: 50 év az Animació élvonalában - History: 50 Years in the Forefront of Animation. In: PannóniaFilm Ltd. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009 ; accessed on July 5, 2020 (Hungarian, English).
  2. ↑ a b c Guido Weißhahn: Attila Dargay, the Hungarian cartoon - and a lot of comics . In: mosa-icke . No. 5 , May 2003, pp. 24 ( ddrcomics.de [PDF; accessed on July 5, 2020]).
  3. ^ A b Hans and Christel Strobel: The children's film in Hungary . In: Kinderkino München eV (Hrsg.): Reprint of the children-youth film correspondence . 1988, ISSN  0175-0933 ( kjk-muenchen.de [PDF; accessed on July 6, 2020]).
  4. ↑ a b c d Erzsi Lendvai: Animated cartoons in Hungary. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008 ; accessed on July 6, 2020 (English).