Son of the White Mare (1981)
Fehérlófia (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 1h 26min
- Animation, Adventure
- 13 Jul 1983 (USA)
- Movie
In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, 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.
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| György Cserhalmi | ... |
Fanyüvö / Vasgyúró / Kömorzsoló (voice)
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Vera Pap | ... |
Aranyhajú Nyárszépe / Ezusthajú Tavaszszépe / Rézhajú Öszszépe (voice)
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Gyula Szabó | ... |
Hétszünyü Kaponyányi Monyók / Esökirály (voice)
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Ferenc Szalma | ... |
Griffmadár úr (voice)
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Mari Szemes | ... |
Fehérló / Hókirálnyö (voice)
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Szabolcs Tóth | ... |
Háromfejü sárkány / Hétfejü sárkány / Tizenkétfejü sárkány (voice)
(as Dr. Szabolcs Tóth)
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Ottó Ulmann | ... |
Fiatal Fanyüvö (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Marcell Jankovics | ||
Written by
| László György | ... | () |
| Marcell Jankovics | ... | () |
Cinematography by
| Zoltán Bacsó | ||
Editing by
| Magda Hap | ||
| Mária Kern | ||
| Valéria Pauka | ||
| Judit Szarvas | ||
Editorial Department
| Erzsébet György | ... | color timer |
| László Kovács | ... | restoration colorist |
| Máté Ternyik | ... | assistant colorist: restoration (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Román Kunz | ... | production leader |
| Emõke Marsovszky | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Edit Kõ | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Mátyás Szakály | ... | sound engineer |
| Béla Zsebényi | ... | sound engineer |
Animation Department
| Pálné Bajusz | ... | painter |
| Edit Baksa | ... | animator |
| Teréz Bandl | ... | painter |
| Irén Barta | ... | painter |
| Ágnes Benyovszky | ... | painter |
| Anna Botlik | ... | animator |
| Katalin Bánki | ... | animator |
| Krisztina Dancs | ... | painter |
| Júlia Demcsák | ... | painter |
| Éva Dikász | ... | painter |
| Mariann Elekes | ... | painter |
| Zsuzsa Eötvös | ... | painter |
| Zsuzsa Gaál | ... | painter |
| László Hegedüs | ... | background artist / layout artist |
| Marcell Jankovics | ... | animator / layout artist |
| Nóra Javorniczky | ... | animator |
| Ilona Kiss | ... | animator |
| Katalin Kiss | ... | painter |
| Jenõné Koltai | ... | painter |
| Andrea Kovács | ... | painter |
| Péter Kozma | ... | animator |
| Istvánné Kuzma | ... | animator |
| Borbála Károlyi | ... | painter |
| Richárdné Küsztel | ... | animator |
| Györgyi Lettner | ... | painter |
| Andor László | ... | painter |
| Ferencné László | ... | painter |
| Katalin Megyeri | ... | painter |
| Éva Mester | ... | painter |
| Beatrix Nemes | ... | painter |
| András Paulovics | ... | animator |
| Erzsébet Pintér | ... | xerox |
| Gabriella Prunner | ... | animator |
| Piroska Páhi | ... | painter |
| Györgyi Pócs | ... | painter |
| Borbála Reményi | ... | painter |
| Ágnes Reményi | ... | painter |
| Zsolt Richly | ... | layout artist |
| József Schibik | ... | animator |
| Jutka Simonfi | ... | painter |
| Nóra Somorjai | ... | painter (as Somorjai Eleonóra) |
| Tamás Szabó | ... | animator |
| Edit Szalay | ... | animator |
| Gabriella Szutor | ... | animator |
| Anna Szórádi | ... | animator (as Szórády Anna) |
| Csaba Szórády | ... | animator |
| Éva Szörényi | ... | painter |
| Edit Sárkány | ... | painter |
| János Uzsák | ... | animator |
| Zoltán Vas | ... | animator |
| Sándor Vágó | ... | animator |
| Zsuzsa Vörös | ... | painter |
| Tamás Waliczky | ... | painter |
| Andrea Würtz | ... | painter |
| Zsuzsa Zsáky | ... | animator |
| László Ádám | ... | animator |
| László Újváry | ... | animator (as ifj. Újváry László) |
Additional Crew
| Katalin Debreceni | ... | contributor |
| Pál Fazekas | ... | contributor |
| Katalin Gyöpös | ... | contributor |
| László Haris | ... | contributor |
| Mihály Hoppál | ... | scientific advisor (as Dr. Hoppál Mihály) |
| Judit Körmöci | ... | contributor |
| István Orosz | ... | contributor |
| Klári Török | ... | contributor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Drop-Out Cinema (2020) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Arbelos Films (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Bildstörung (2021) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Bildstörung (2021) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD) (subtitled)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The movie caught the attention of American animation historian Charles Solomon, who convinced Disney to hire director Marcell Jankovics for their proposed animated musical epic "Kingdom of the Sun". Due to numerous production hurdles this project was abandoned, and the comedy The Emperor's New Groove (2000) was made instead. Though he was not involved with the finished work, Jankovics still received a production credit. He claims he absolutely hated the film because it had nothing to do with the original idea of a serious mythological epic, calling it a "horrendous, Las Vegas-style comedy show". He accepted the offer to work on the project mainly to fund his own film, The Tragedy of Man (2011), though he claimed to have made a couple friends at Disney and stole some of their colored pencils when no one was looking. See more » |
| Goofs | The official English subtitles mistranslate one of the dragons' lines. When the White Mare gets pregnant with her third son, the dragons threaten the giant snake holding the Mare prisoner by saying "If you cannot deal with this, her third son, your life will be over." The subtitles have the dragons threaten the Mare instead of the snake, saying "You cannot provide milk for a third son, and so your life ends here." The translator probably misheard the outdated phrase "ha te evvel" (if you with this) as "a tejeddel" (with your milk). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Weirdest Animated Movies (2019). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Before the credits begin scrolling, a looped animation of Treeshaker walking amidst a smoggy, polluted cityscape is played accompanied by eerie "technological" noises play. As he walks, the smog slowly engulfs him until he is gone. According to the director, this short segment is the most important part of the movie because it encapsulates his core messages. Treeshaker is a traditional hero of old and the city around him references the 12-headed city dragon that he had fought in the film. The scene means that the destructive urbanization and pollution of modernity causes humans to forget about their values. The stars on the sky remind us of the old traditions but the rising buildings and smog make them vanish from view. In the end, although Treeshaker defeated the dragons, the darkness represented by the dragons might win out. See more » |