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Kanopy
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7.8
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77
/150/
75
/89/
4.2
/21527/
100
/17/
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/10/
90
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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.
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Kanopy
75
43
7.5
/1475/
70
/30/
78
/26/
3.9
/3432/

Johnny Corncob (1973)
A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.
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7.0
/1170/
65
/39/
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/36/
3.8
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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 mountainside.
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77
35
8.0
/1391/
70
/36/
73
/24/
4.1
/3258/
80
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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.
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7.4
/358/
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/10/
75
/15/
3.9
/1326/

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.
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6.4
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Mással beszélnek (1971)
A lonely phone searches for another phone to talk to
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60
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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?
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7.3
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73
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3.4
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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 scheming elder brother and travels from the marshlands to 14th-century Pest, fighting every challenge to prove his honor. His journey of self-discovery and courage unfolds against the rich backdrop of the chivalric world and the Hungarian plains.
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6.2
/39/
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/3/
3.5
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Dreams on Wings (1968)
An animation advertisement for the airline Air India.
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6.6
/81/
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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 honorary assignment of cutting off the red ribbon. But the band resists all attacks by scissors, knives and axes and the resolution becomes macabre and unexpected.
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6.7
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73
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3.5
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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 Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west in an attempt to link with Europe.
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10
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Magyar népmesék 2. A Csillagszemű Juhász (1980)
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Magyar népmesék 1. Kacor Király (1978)
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6.5
/87/
43
/9/
62
/6/
3.4
/370/

Prometheus (1992)
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6.8
/42/
46
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Deep Waters (1970)
A short dynamic animation about a man struggling not to drown.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Two Princes with Hair of Gold
While the prince is fighting in the war, his wife bears him two sons with golden-blond hair. The Iron-Nosed Witch, who wanted the prince to marry her daughter, kidnaps and buries the babies, replacing them with two puppies. When the prince learns of the puppies' birth, he, in a rage, has his wife murdered and marries the witch's daughter.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: One-Eyed, Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed
Once upon a time, there was a woman who had three daughters: the oldest had three eyes, the middle one had one, and the youngest two. The woman saw that the time had come to marry her daughters off. But all the suitors wanted the youngest. With the help of a magic goat, the youngest daughter managed to overcome the wickedness of her mother and sisters and marry the young man she loved.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Fox Princess
With the help of the magic fox, the youngest prince obtains the rejuvenating bird for the old king and wins the hand of the princess.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Pork Pudding
The little pork pudding hangs in the attic and devours everyone in the house who wants to eat it, one by one. After a while, it gets so full that it breaks off the pole and rolls out into the street, where it catches everyone who gets in its way.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: A Fox Seek Shelter
A sly fox takes advantage of the well-meaning people. He asks a farmer to permit him to stay overnight, and he tells the man that there is a goose in his sack, although it is only a rooster. He eats the rooster at night, and raises hell in the morning, saying that his goose had been stolen. To make up for the loss, the farmer gives him a goose. The fox repeats this trick several times.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Poor Man's Vineyard
Only the youngest one of the poor man’s three sons can protect the grapes because he gave food to the frog. The frog repays his help with three magic horses. These horses help the boy to win the princess’ hand.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Giant Tree
Once upon a time there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. A sky-high tree stood in the middle of their garden. One day the wind caught the princess and lifted her to the top of the tree, into the castle of the three-headed dragon. A swineherd succeeds in climbing the tree, he tricks the dragon and robs it of its strength.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Little Puli Dog
Jesus Christ and St.Peter tour the world in beggars' clothes. A farmer kindly invites them in, so they bless him with a son. The servant, John, eavesdrops, kidnaps the child, and through him gains a fine palace, where they live happily in riches. The child hears the story when John recalls it to his wife; he turns John into a dog...
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Simple Prince
Once upon a time there was a farmer who had three sons: the youngest was a bit slow. Nevertheless, he acquires the golden slipper of the princess and hides it.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Pussycat Princess (1990)
The smallest son of the king has to find a bride for himself in the forest. But he finds only a kitty cat.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Jackdaw Girls
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 turned into jackdaws and flew away. Later on, a son was born to the woman, who heard the story of his sisters and he set out to search for the jackdaws.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Astronomer, the Thief, the Huntsman and the Tailor
Each one of the poor man’s four sons learns a craft. The dragon kidnaps the princess. The four young men bring the princess back to the king with the help of their crafts. In his thankfulness, the king presents them with four provinces of the country.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Princess Three Pigs and Three Birthmarks
The son of a poor man allows their three piglets to graze at the foot of the King's garden. The princess likes the piglets. The boy refuses to accept money for them, and asks the princess to pull up her dress. One day the boy hears that the princess will marry the suitor who can find out where she has distinguishing marks on her body.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Mayor's Clever Daughter
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! Well, the King gives him an assignment, saying if he does not solve it, he will be beheaded. The judge, with the help of his daughter fulfils the assignment and the King generously rewards her.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Witch
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, shawl and girl.
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Hungarian Folk Tales: The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl
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 home in thorn and bloodstained clothes.
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The Pussycat Princess
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 first, then embroiders a handkerchief with gold. When the king's son is about to introduce the cat to his father, it turns into a beautiful princess.
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Magyar népmesék: A kőleves (1995)
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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 home in thorn and bloodstained clothes.
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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 one. Nevertheless, with the help of the magic goat, the youngest daughter marries the young man she loves.
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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.
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Magyar népmesék: A kismalac és a farkasok (1977)
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The Genesis (1989)
The first part of an incomplete animated adaptation of the Bible.


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