3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Check the Gate 3 - trailer
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Monday 7 June 2010
EAST-WEST PASSAGE (2010)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
East West Passage / Kelet-nyugati atjaro (2010)
Director: Zsigmond Gabor Papp
Interview with the Director,
related to the 41. Hungarian Film Week and his documentary,
East West Passage
Director: Zsigmond Gabor Papp
Interview with the Director,
related to the 41. Hungarian Film Week and his documentary,
East West Passage
The Director's thoughts on his film:
"I think, the story of releasing the refugees from the DDR in 1989 is one of its kind and something great what Hungary should be proud of. We showed an example to Europe about democratic thinking.
As a 22 years old university student in that time, even though I wasn't part of the movement, but still it was one of the most important moments of my life. I was proud of being Hungarian.
The reason I made this film is because most the Hungarians have already forgotten our country's great achievements in history, and personally I wanted to experience its uplifting atmosphere one more time."
Filmhu: How did you choose your staff?
Director: We know each other very well, one phone call was enough: "Kati / Zoli / Csongor, we're shooting!"
Filmhu: What was your best experience throughout the shootings?
Director: The hospitality of one the german families. On that day we already had two interviews in two different parts of Germany, drove 1000 km, and when we arrived at 10 pm, two beautiful guest rooms and a fantastic dinner was waiting for us. We truly had a feeling that those people wanted to give something back in return what they've got from Hungary 20 years ago.
Filmhu: What was your worst experience then?
Director: The exact opposite of what I've just said before: the ignorance of one of the german families. It was our last day, and we were pretty tired. The shooting with them took half a day, we really did our best to create a very sympathetic picture about them, and they didn't even bother to offer one glass of water.
Filmhu: Are there any scenes that were recorded more times than the others?
Director: It's a classic documentary, every single scene was recorded only once.
Filmhu: In which A category film competition would you like to see your film?
Director: Somewhere in the east part of Germany of course, in Leipzig maybe.
Filmhu: Howmany viewer would make you happy?
Director: In the TV maybe 500 thousand.
/Source: www.filmhu.hu, http://magyar.film.hu/filmhu/magazin/papp-gabor-zsigmond-mi-mutattunk-peldat-europanak.html/
In Zsigmond Gabor Papp's documentary East West Passage we see the story from two points of view.
From one side there are Germans hoping to escape. Beside each individual's life we learn about the whole East-German community.
On the other side decision-maker politicians talk about the Government and its diplomatic steps' real reasons behind the movement.
The documentary is a real history lesson with archive documentary material and without claptrap!
/Source and more information (in Hungarian): www.filmtett.ro/
As a 22 years old university student in that time, even though I wasn't part of the movement, but still it was one of the most important moments of my life. I was proud of being Hungarian.
The reason I made this film is because most the Hungarians have already forgotten our country's great achievements in history, and personally I wanted to experience its uplifting atmosphere one more time."
Filmhu: How did you choose your staff?
Director: We know each other very well, one phone call was enough: "Kati / Zoli / Csongor, we're shooting!"
Filmhu: What was your best experience throughout the shootings?
Director: The hospitality of one the german families. On that day we already had two interviews in two different parts of Germany, drove 1000 km, and when we arrived at 10 pm, two beautiful guest rooms and a fantastic dinner was waiting for us. We truly had a feeling that those people wanted to give something back in return what they've got from Hungary 20 years ago.
Filmhu: What was your worst experience then?
Director: The exact opposite of what I've just said before: the ignorance of one of the german families. It was our last day, and we were pretty tired. The shooting with them took half a day, we really did our best to create a very sympathetic picture about them, and they didn't even bother to offer one glass of water.
Filmhu: Are there any scenes that were recorded more times than the others?
Director: It's a classic documentary, every single scene was recorded only once.
Filmhu: In which A category film competition would you like to see your film?
Director: Somewhere in the east part of Germany of course, in Leipzig maybe.
Filmhu: Howmany viewer would make you happy?
Director: In the TV maybe 500 thousand.
/Source: www.filmhu.hu, http://magyar.film.hu/filmhu/magazin/papp-gabor-zsigmond-mi-mutattunk-peldat-europanak.html/
In Zsigmond Gabor Papp's documentary East West Passage we see the story from two points of view.
From one side there are Germans hoping to escape. Beside each individual's life we learn about the whole East-German community.
On the other side decision-maker politicians talk about the Government and its diplomatic steps' real reasons behind the movement.
The documentary is a real history lesson with archive documentary material and without claptrap!
/Source and more information (in Hungarian): www.filmtett.ro/
GYPSY DREAMS (2009)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Gypsy Dreams (2009)
Director and Producer: Eszter Nordin
Director and Producer: Eszter Nordin
Eszter Nordin is a Hungarian director-producer.
She holds a Fine Arts degree, graduated at Pitzer College, California.
Her professional career has begun at BBC Television.
She worked in studio management, drama and documentaries departments.
As a freelance she directed drama and documentaries series in England.
In 1991, when she returned tu Hungary, she continued making documentaries, wrote screenplays, was directing in a theatre, was a supervising director of a succesful tv series, was teaching at the Hungarian Film Academy.
With her Media Mania Films production company she gained international recognition with her film TABU, which received several awards, among others the Special Mention at FIPA in 2003 in creative documentaries.
In her film "Gypsy Dreams" we get know a hungarian gypsy family whose life affected by unemployment and racial discrimination, and they have to come to a conclusion that they no longer have a future there.
Then they migrate to England. They arrive in Bolton where there's already a Hungarian Gypsy population.
They called the Lazi Family.
The documentary follows their struggle, from the promising start to the tough times when in 2009, the recession began in England and the factories closed their doors to foreign workers.
But the Lazis still have hope, and expecting their fourth child....
She holds a Fine Arts degree, graduated at Pitzer College, California.
Her professional career has begun at BBC Television.
She worked in studio management, drama and documentaries departments.
As a freelance she directed drama and documentaries series in England.
In 1991, when she returned tu Hungary, she continued making documentaries, wrote screenplays, was directing in a theatre, was a supervising director of a succesful tv series, was teaching at the Hungarian Film Academy.
With her Media Mania Films production company she gained international recognition with her film TABU, which received several awards, among others the Special Mention at FIPA in 2003 in creative documentaries.
In her film "Gypsy Dreams" we get know a hungarian gypsy family whose life affected by unemployment and racial discrimination, and they have to come to a conclusion that they no longer have a future there.
Then they migrate to England. They arrive in Bolton where there's already a Hungarian Gypsy population.
They called the Lazi Family.
The documentary follows their struggle, from the promising start to the tough times when in 2009, the recession began in England and the factories closed their doors to foreign workers.
But the Lazis still have hope, and expecting their fourth child....
HUNKY BLUES: THE AMERICAN DREAM (2009)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Hunky Blues: The American Dream (2009)
Peter Forgacs is a Hungarian media artist and independent film maker. Since 1978 he made more than 30 films, but he is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films often based on ordinary lives from 1920s and 80s.
Throughout his career he received several international awards. Among others: 2007 Dutch Erasmus Prize for his notable contributions to European Culture 2000 Grand Prize for The Maelstrom, "Out of the Darkness" International Film Festival, London 2000 The Golden Spire, Golden Gate award, for Angelos' Film, San Francisco International Film Festival 1997 Berlin, Prix Europa for Free Fall film His international debute came with The Bartos Family (1988).
Since 1990s his video installations have been presented at museums and art galleries throughout Europe and America. Between 2000-2002 he was artist in residence in The Getty Museum/Getty Research Institue, Los Angeles where he created The Danube Exodus: Rippling Currents of The River Installation.
His works can be found in several museums and public collections. In 2009 he represented Hungary in the Venice Biennale, exhibiting the Col Tempo- The W. Project installation.
/Source: www.forgacspeter.hu, www.hunkyblues.com/
Producer: Gabor Kovacs
Editor: Peter Sass
Director: Peter Forgacs
Peter Forgacs is a Hungarian media artist and independent film maker. Since 1978 he made more than 30 films, but he is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films often based on ordinary lives from 1920s and 80s.
Throughout his career he received several international awards. Among others: 2007 Dutch Erasmus Prize for his notable contributions to European Culture 2000 Grand Prize for The Maelstrom, "Out of the Darkness" International Film Festival, London 2000 The Golden Spire, Golden Gate award, for Angelos' Film, San Francisco International Film Festival 1997 Berlin, Prix Europa for Free Fall film His international debute came with The Bartos Family (1988).
Since 1990s his video installations have been presented at museums and art galleries throughout Europe and America. Between 2000-2002 he was artist in residence in The Getty Museum/Getty Research Institue, Los Angeles where he created The Danube Exodus: Rippling Currents of The River Installation.
His works can be found in several museums and public collections. In 2009 he represented Hungary in the Venice Biennale, exhibiting the Col Tempo- The W. Project installation.
/Source: www.forgacspeter.hu, www.hunkyblues.com/
He created Hunky Blues in 2009.
Producer: Gabor KovacsEditor: Peter Sass
Musicians:
Karoly Cserepes - keyboard, percussion;
Bela Agoston - saxophone;
Kalman Balog - cimbalom;
Kalman Bango - glass-cimbalom;
Zoltan Farkas - guitar;
Adam Javorka - viola;
Dodi Karpati - trumpet
Karoly Cserepes - keyboard, percussion;
Bela Agoston - saxophone;
Kalman Balog - cimbalom;
Kalman Bango - glass-cimbalom;
Zoltan Farkas - guitar;
Adam Javorka - viola;
Dodi Karpati - trumpet
"The film is a documentary, exploring the fate of thousands of Hungarians who arrived to the United States between 1890 and 1921,reveals the difficult moments of arrival, integration and assimilation, which eventually fed the happiness of the later generations and their fulfillment of the American Dream."
Forgacs tells the story with found footages, photographs and interviews.
MATTIE, THE GOOSE-BOY (1977)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Mattie, the Goose-boy / Ludas Matyi (1977)
Director: Attila Dargay
Director: Attila Dargay
Attila Dargay was one of Hungary's very well known and well loved animators.
He was born in Mezonyek, Hungary, 1927.
After getting his degree in Fine Arts, he had a job as a decorator, was a trainee in animation, worked as a cartoonist and designer, and he became a director in 1957.
Through his loveable characters he was able to connect to all age groups.
Whilst Dargay's talent and professional knowledge was reforming Hungarian Animation, his brilliant humour made him one of the most popular creators of the Hungarian Film Industry.
Some of his famous works besdie Mattie, the Goose-boy are Vuk (1981), Szaffi (1985), The tales of Pom-pom (1980).
His last direction was an 11 minutes long cartoon in 1994, and he took part in writing the script of The Seventh Brother in 1996. Then he left and announced his retiring.
He didn't want to adapt the new world of 3D. Although he found it interesting, but still remained the believer of the traditional way.
/Source and reference: www.fszek.hu, Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library, online catalogue and database/
He was born in Mezonyek, Hungary, 1927.
After getting his degree in Fine Arts, he had a job as a decorator, was a trainee in animation, worked as a cartoonist and designer, and he became a director in 1957.
Through his loveable characters he was able to connect to all age groups.
Whilst Dargay's talent and professional knowledge was reforming Hungarian Animation, his brilliant humour made him one of the most popular creators of the Hungarian Film Industry.
Some of his famous works besdie Mattie, the Goose-boy are Vuk (1981), Szaffi (1985), The tales of Pom-pom (1980).
His last direction was an 11 minutes long cartoon in 1994, and he took part in writing the script of The Seventh Brother in 1996. Then he left and announced his retiring.
He didn't want to adapt the new world of 3D. Although he found it interesting, but still remained the believer of the traditional way.
/Source and reference: www.fszek.hu, Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library, online catalogue and database/
Mattie, the Goose-boy...
...is a Hungarian epic poem, written by Mihaly Fazekas (1766-1828) in 1804. The poem was an ironic response to the way the lords of Hungary treated the peasants.
Mattie, the Goose-boy counts as a first folk hero in Hungarian literature who overcome his lord's injustice by his intelligence. The tale is a mirror of the Hungarian society.
Mattie, a young boy, trying to sell his geese at the market. All the trouble starts when Lord Daniel Dobroghy claims that the geese belong to him. To punish Mattie he orders 50 lashes to his back. But Mattie makes a vow to get vengeance, that he will repay the punishment three times to the lord.
AMERICAN TORSO (1975)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
American Torso / Amerikai anzix (1975)
Director: Gabor Body
Director: Gabor Body
Gabor Body is one of the most outstanding personalities from the Hungarian cinema.
He became a great source of inspiration among filmmakers and film-lovers.
By some he's called radical, and by others the most daring innovator of our time.
Body's film were made in that time when the communism dominated in Hungary and every creative art was under strict control. The regulations said that the cinema should be there for the masses to strengthen the political influence. Experimental films had no chance, film artists were under close surveillance. For that reason for the Body-type-of-filmmakers was difficult to put their ideas onto the big screen.
"He joined the "Studio Bela Balazs" in 1971 (established in 1959, named after the Hungarian scriptwriter) where behind doors experimental films were made despite of the communism outside. It was the meeting place of liberal thinking directors and writers. In 1973 Body set up the "experimental film group K3" as a platform for true experiments."
"From 1971 to 1975 he studied at the Hungarian Film Academy. His diploma work was "American Postcard" (aka American Torso) which after its completion in 1975 won the main award at the Mannheim Film festival in 1976."
American Torso takes us back in 1865. It's about two hungarians meet in the Civil War. The two men represent two different stories. One story is based on Ambrose Bierce's novel "George Thruston", the other is on the Hungarian War of Independence in 1948.
Body's talent create a beautiful of picture of a true friendship of two completely different persons in the middle of changes.
He became a great source of inspiration among filmmakers and film-lovers.
By some he's called radical, and by others the most daring innovator of our time.
Body's film were made in that time when the communism dominated in Hungary and every creative art was under strict control. The regulations said that the cinema should be there for the masses to strengthen the political influence. Experimental films had no chance, film artists were under close surveillance. For that reason for the Body-type-of-filmmakers was difficult to put their ideas onto the big screen.
"He joined the "Studio Bela Balazs" in 1971 (established in 1959, named after the Hungarian scriptwriter) where behind doors experimental films were made despite of the communism outside. It was the meeting place of liberal thinking directors and writers. In 1973 Body set up the "experimental film group K3" as a platform for true experiments."
"From 1971 to 1975 he studied at the Hungarian Film Academy. His diploma work was "American Postcard" (aka American Torso) which after its completion in 1975 won the main award at the Mannheim Film festival in 1976."
American Torso takes us back in 1865. It's about two hungarians meet in the Civil War. The two men represent two different stories. One story is based on Ambrose Bierce's novel "George Thruston", the other is on the Hungarian War of Independence in 1948.
Body's talent create a beautiful of picture of a true friendship of two completely different persons in the middle of changes.
With his films that present fresh and useful discoveries of its time Body's achieved great development in the Hungarian film industry.
/Source and information: www.bodygabor.hu/
/Source and information: www.bodygabor.hu/
Thursday 3 June 2010
DANIEL TAKES A TRAIN (1983)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Daniel takes the train (1983)
Director: Pal Sandor
Director: Pal Sandor
Pal Sandor, CEO of Hunnia Film Studio, is a very well known director not only in Hungary, but worldwide as well.
A 24-times award-winning director and producer also holds a the Balazs Bela Prize and an Outstanding Artist title (both are the most prestigious Hungarian film awards). Hunnia Film Studio is the largest film production company, has produced many films since its foundation, 1956.
He holds many film awards. To name a few:
Balazs Bela Prize (Hungarian)
Outstanding Artist Title (Hungarian)
Silver Bear, Berlin (International)
International Critics' Prize, Cannes
Silver Hugo, Chicago (International)
Critics' Prize, Karlovy Vary (International)
Throughout his career he's fulfilled many different roles, such as deputy director between 1985-1989, majority owner and CEO of Novofilm, a Hungarian-German film production company, was a teacher at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film.
In 2000 he founded his own film production company, the FilmStreet.
Daniel Takes a Train (or Szerencses Daniel in Hungarian) won several prizes as well after its first appearance on screen in 1982:
1983 - Hungarian Feature Film Festival, First Prize of the Public Jury
Cannes - FIPRESCI Award
1984 - Hungarian Film Critics' Prize for the Best Actor, Gyula Bodrogi
1985 - Zimbabwe: Award for the Festival's Most Inventive Film
1986 - Gdansk: Award for the Best Foreign Film
/Source: http://www.miracle.dk/files/opum-press-kit.pdf/
Daniel Takes a Train was definitely one of those first films that was brave enough to break the silence on 1956 Soviet Invasion in Hungary.
The film takes us through the nation's political, economical change and Daniel's emotional developement.
Like every young man he's in love too with a girl, Mariann. Their emotions towards each other makes them stick to the moment while the world changes around them.
Mariann's disappearance forces Daniel on a long journey to find her love in the land of promise.
Although he's not the only one hoping to get on the train. There are many who crave for a better future and in the fear of Soviet revenge they are ready to leave one country behind to start a life in another one...
A 24-times award-winning director and producer also holds a the Balazs Bela Prize and an Outstanding Artist title (both are the most prestigious Hungarian film awards). Hunnia Film Studio is the largest film production company, has produced many films since its foundation, 1956.
He holds many film awards. To name a few:
Balazs Bela Prize (Hungarian)
Outstanding Artist Title (Hungarian)
Silver Bear, Berlin (International)
International Critics' Prize, Cannes
Silver Hugo, Chicago (International)
Critics' Prize, Karlovy Vary (International)
Throughout his career he's fulfilled many different roles, such as deputy director between 1985-1989, majority owner and CEO of Novofilm, a Hungarian-German film production company, was a teacher at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film.
In 2000 he founded his own film production company, the FilmStreet.
Daniel Takes a Train (or Szerencses Daniel in Hungarian) won several prizes as well after its first appearance on screen in 1982:
1983 - Hungarian Feature Film Festival, First Prize of the Public Jury
Cannes - FIPRESCI Award
1984 - Hungarian Film Critics' Prize for the Best Actor, Gyula Bodrogi
1985 - Zimbabwe: Award for the Festival's Most Inventive Film
1986 - Gdansk: Award for the Best Foreign Film
/Source: http://www.miracle.dk/files/opum-press-kit.pdf/
Daniel Takes a Train was definitely one of those first films that was brave enough to break the silence on 1956 Soviet Invasion in Hungary.
The film takes us through the nation's political, economical change and Daniel's emotional developement.
Like every young man he's in love too with a girl, Mariann. Their emotions towards each other makes them stick to the moment while the world changes around them.
Mariann's disappearance forces Daniel on a long journey to find her love in the land of promise.
Although he's not the only one hoping to get on the train. There are many who crave for a better future and in the fear of Soviet revenge they are ready to leave one country behind to start a life in another one...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE (1947)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Somewhere in Europe (1947)
Director: Geza von Radvanyi
Writer: Bela Balazs
Director: Geza von Radvanyi
Writer: Bela Balazs
Geza von Radvanyi's name is well known among the best historical movie makers worldwide. He was a Hungarian film director, producer and writer.
Before starting his career in the film industry he made himself known as a journalist, and was a producer assistant and screenwriter in different but mainly French and German film factories.
In 1937 he's married to Maria Fekete Tasnadi who played several roles in his future films.
As a film-maker his aim was to create a successful cinema in Hungary in the 50s and 60s, what would compete Hollywood studios.
One of his most famous works is the Somewhere in Europe, which he made in 1947 (Hungarian title: Valahol Europaban).
The film is described as his best by many historians. Set in the 40s, it's about children (played by orphans), who in order to survive have to form a gang and rob for food. They found a ruined castle where they intend to live, not knowing that it belongs to an elderly musician, who they want to rob him too, but there's a twist, and the building becomes their hiding-place.
Before starting his career in the film industry he made himself known as a journalist, and was a producer assistant and screenwriter in different but mainly French and German film factories.
In 1937 he's married to Maria Fekete Tasnadi who played several roles in his future films.
As a film-maker his aim was to create a successful cinema in Hungary in the 50s and 60s, what would compete Hollywood studios.
One of his most famous works is the Somewhere in Europe, which he made in 1947 (Hungarian title: Valahol Europaban).
The film is described as his best by many historians. Set in the 40s, it's about children (played by orphans), who in order to survive have to form a gang and rob for food. They found a ruined castle where they intend to live, not knowing that it belongs to an elderly musician, who they want to rob him too, but there's a twist, and the building becomes their hiding-place.
With great black-and-white cinematography the film is recommended for everyone who loves children, history, in short, for everyone who loves movies.
CAT CITY (1986)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Cat City / Macskafogo (1986)
Director: Bela Ternovszky
Director: Bela Ternovszky
Tuesday 1 June 2010
ANIMAL FARM (1954)
3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Animal Farm (1954)
Director: John Halas and Joy Batchelor
Director: John Halas and Joy Batchelor
John Halas was a Hungarian animator who was born in Budapest, 1912. His involvement with animation lead him to work with George Pal. While working and studying in Budapest, Hungary, he's met Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Halas due to the lack of work at the hungarian studio, accepted a job in Paris where he continued the same studies he had begun in Budapest.
He moved to London in 1936, to complete a production of Music Man (1938), where he met his future wife, Joy Batchelor, who also worked on the film.
First Halas and Batchelor worked as a graphic desing partnership in the pre-war period, they were married in 1940, and in the same year they have founded the Halas and Batchelor studio to make animated advertisements for clients of the J. Walter Thompson agency, such as Kellogs and Lux.
Their work was easily identified by the combination of Disney-style characters and Eastern European aesthetics. During the war Halas and Batchelor worked on public information films for government departments. From 1940 to the late 1950's the studio was firmly associated with the production of propaganda and public information films. Its UK profile was further enhanced with the production of the Charlie-series (1946-47) for the Central Office of Information.
These films were the starting point from which the studio was able embark on its largest production: Animal Farm (1954). (Source and reference: www.ucreative.ac.uk, University for Creative Arts online; www.screenonline.org.uk/people)
"Britain’s first full length Animated feature based on George Orwell’s novel. Animal Farm captures the spirit of Orwell’s timeless political allegory with compassion. A fine example of classic animation, the film remains today as relevant as ever. The story of the animal’s uprising and their inevitable discovery that even amongst themselves some are more equal than others."
Production: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Direction: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Script: Joy Batchelor, Philip Stapp, Lothar Wolf
Design: John Halas, Joy Batchelor, Digby Turpin, Bernard Carey
Animation: John Reed, Arthur Humberston, Ralph Ayries, Eddy Radage, Harold Whitaker
Music: Matyas Seiber
(Information source: www.halasandbatchelor.co.uk)
He moved to London in 1936, to complete a production of Music Man (1938), where he met his future wife, Joy Batchelor, who also worked on the film.
First Halas and Batchelor worked as a graphic desing partnership in the pre-war period, they were married in 1940, and in the same year they have founded the Halas and Batchelor studio to make animated advertisements for clients of the J. Walter Thompson agency, such as Kellogs and Lux.
Their work was easily identified by the combination of Disney-style characters and Eastern European aesthetics. During the war Halas and Batchelor worked on public information films for government departments. From 1940 to the late 1950's the studio was firmly associated with the production of propaganda and public information films. Its UK profile was further enhanced with the production of the Charlie-series (1946-47) for the Central Office of Information.
These films were the starting point from which the studio was able embark on its largest production: Animal Farm (1954). (Source and reference: www.ucreative.ac.uk, University for Creative Arts online; www.screenonline.org.uk/people)
"Britain’s first full length Animated feature based on George Orwell’s novel. Animal Farm captures the spirit of Orwell’s timeless political allegory with compassion. A fine example of classic animation, the film remains today as relevant as ever. The story of the animal’s uprising and their inevitable discovery that even amongst themselves some are more equal than others."
Production: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Direction: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Script: Joy Batchelor, Philip Stapp, Lothar Wolf
Design: John Halas, Joy Batchelor, Digby Turpin, Bernard Carey
Animation: John Reed, Arthur Humberston, Ralph Ayries, Eddy Radage, Harold Whitaker
Music: Matyas Seiber
(Information source: www.halasandbatchelor.co.uk)
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