Marcell Jankovics

Toldi (2022)

Animated version of a famous Hungarian epic tale by János Arany. Through the story of Miklós Toldi, we witness a brutal young man learning to master his strength and inner struggles to become King Louis I's most famous knight. Toldi clashes with his sche ...

The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl (2017)

The stepmother sends the hard-working girl to serve somebody. After a year she returns home with gold, silver and other treasures. As the bad-hearted woman sees this she sends also her own daughter to serve somebody, but she is lazy therefore she returns h ...

One-Eyed, Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed (2017)

Once upon a time there was a woman who had three daughters: the eldest had three eyes, the middle one had one eye, and the youngest had two eyes. The woman first wanted to many off her two elder daughters, therefore, she rejected the suitor of the youngest ...

Arcmás - Imago (2014)

The great actor hurries to his dressing room after the raging success. He gets rid of Othello's costume and mask. He is trying to find his way back to himself. Does it have its own face? ...

The Tragedy of Man (2011)

Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history. ...

Gusztáv 2. (2005)

A collection of episodes of the Hungarian adult-animation Gusztáv. Episodes on this disc include: Gusztáv Has a Guest, Gusztáv is a Man of Action, Gusztáv in ABC, Gustáv Doesn't Forget, Gusztáv Puts it Out for Himself, Gusztáv and the Passion for ...

Song of the Miraculous Hind (2002)

Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hung ...

Prometheus (1992)

The Genesis (1989)

The first part of an incomplete animated adaptation of the Bible. ...

Hungarian Tales: The Princess' Shoes (1981)

Son of the White Mare (1981)

A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom. ...

Magyar népmesék 2. A Csillagszemű Juhász (1980)

Magyar népmesék 1. Kacor Király (1978)

The Struggle (1977)

Metaphor about art, about time, or how art uses the artist's life in his quest to create his work, in which he was pouring his talent, his vigor, and the best years of his life. ...

Mattie the Goose-Boy (1977)

A young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend - a goose. ...

Magyar népmesék: A kismalac és a farkasok (1977)

Hungarian Folk Tales: The Salt (1977)

When asked by her father, the youngest daughter of the king answers: I love you like people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases his daughter into the forest. The young king of the neighbouring country finds her, and they decide to get married. ...

Honeymation (1976)

A young man calls his friend, goes to war, returns wounded and reunites with his friend. ...

Gustavus and Alienation (1975)

Short Gusztáv cartoon. ...

Gustavus Is Cheating (1975)

Short Gusztáv cartoon. ...

Sisyphus (1974)

The film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting of a dynamic line drawing of Sisyphus, the stone, and the mountainsi ...

Johnny Corncob (1973)

A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death. ...

Deep Waters (1970)

A short dynamic animation about a man struggling not to drown. ...

Inauguration (1969)

Satire on the vicissitudes of a politician who should inaugurate a bridge, and the problems he finds. The inauguration of a new bridge is traditionally a big event. The orchestra play, crowds of people, kids waving flags, media. A prominent person has the ...

Dreams on Wings (1968)

An animation advertisement for the airline Air India which went on to screen as a movie at film festivals. ...

Gustavus: The Fellow-Man (1965)

Short Gusztáv cartoon. ...

1,2,3… The History of Numbers (1962)

The history of numbers from simple addition to the development of complex mathematical items. ...

Jankovicsok (2021)

No such film has ever been made about Marcell Jankovics - the renowned film director, cultural historian and honored "Artist of the Nation" - which not only covers his life but also the path of the Jankovics family. Yet the story of the Jankovics family is ...

A Country Divided (2018)

Twenty well-known Hungarian artists - 10 right-wing (said to be) and 10 left-liberal (said to be) writers, directors, actors, musicians talk about the regime change and what has happened to us here in the last 30 years. ...