Attila Dargay (June 20, 1927 – October 20, 2009) was a Hungarian comics artist and

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. He was born in Mezőnyék.

Life

He began working as a scenery painter for the Hungarian National Theatre in the late 1940s. He directed such animations productions as '' Hajra, Mozdony!'' (1972), '' Mattie the Goose-boy'' (1977), ''

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'' (1981), '' The Treasure of Swamp Castle'' (1985), and ''

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'' (1988). He studied at the College of Fine Arts in Budapest until 1948 when he was discharged because of political reasons. From 1951 he worked as a stage setting painter at Hungary's National Theatre, and in parallel he worked as a trainee on animated films, from 1954 he worked as a cartoon planner. He became an animated-film

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in 1957, his first independent director-piece being the ''Don't give in little man!'' (''Ne hagyd magad emberke!'') in 1959. He started working at the then formed Pannonia Film Studio in 1957. His films are popular among both children and adults. He is also author of several animated books and comic strips. His best known strip figure is dog Kajla (Kajla kutya). His good humour reflects in all his works, which made all generations laugh among his audience. In 2008 his most known animated movie was re-filmed by György Gát, but Dargay did not approve using his original characters because he did not agree with the spirit of the new movie. He died a year later, aged 82 in

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Selected films

Director

* ''Dióbél királyfi'' (1963) * ''A három nyúl'' (1972) * ''Hajra, Mozdony!'' (1972) * '' Mattie the Goose-boy'' (''Lúdas Matyi'' (1977)) * '' Vuk'' (1981) * ''The Treasure of the Swamp Castle'' (''

Szaffi ''Szaffi'' (USA titled ''The Treasure of Swamp Castle'') is a 1985 Hungarian-Canadian animated film directed by Attila Dargay. It is based on the 1885 book ''The Gypsy Baron'' by Mór Jókai, about the romance between a poor Hungarian aristocrat ...

'' (1984)) * ''Captain of the Forest'' (''Az erdő kapitánya'' (1988)) * ''Dragon and Slippers'' (''Sárkány és papucs'' (1989)) * ''A préri pacsirtája'' (1991)

Writer

* ''

The Seventh Brother ''The Seventh Brother'' ( hu, A hetedik testvér; german: Bobo und die Hasenbande) is a 1995 Hungarian-German-American animated fantasy-comedy-drama film for children made and produced at Hungary's Pannonia Film Studio. It was co-produced with Magy ...

'' (''A hetedik testvér'') (1991)

Dramaturg

* ''Willy the Sparrow'' (''Vili, a veréb'') (1989)

Notes

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
* * 1927 births 2009 deaths People from Nyékládháza Hungarian animators Hungarian animated film directors Hungarian comics artists {{animator-stub