Marcell Jankovics Movies

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...

Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who...

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

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

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

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...

Animated version of a famous Hungarian epic tale by János Arany.

During a tour of his country, King Matthias the just, comes across a sign in a village: The judge of this village does not have a care in the world!...

Twenty well-known Hungarian artists - 10 right-wing (said to be) and 10 left-liberal (said to be) writers, directors, actors, musicians talk about...

A 1968 animation short from Marcell Jankovics.

A woman has 12 daughters and they were so cheeky that once their mother said in anger: "I wish you turned into jackdaws". Immediately the 12 girls...

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

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 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...

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

No such film has ever been made about Marcell Jankovics - the renowned film director, cultural historian and honored "Artist of the Nation" - which...

A short animated film about dancing candy figures, accompanied by Hungarian folk melodies.

The smallest son of the king has to find a bride for himself in the forest. But he finds only a kitty cat. The cat makes a bouquet of flowers at...

The poor man’s three sons wanted to get married but their father allowed marrying first only that boy who obtains the most beautiful flower,...