(English: ''Inspector Mask'') was a Croatian and Yugoslav animated

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produced for television by Zagreb Film that ran from 1962 to 1963.

Development

The idea for the series originated from the 1959 animated short

Inspektor se vratio kući ''Inspektor se vratio kući'' ( en, The Inspector Comes Home) is a 1959 animated short film directed by Vatroslav Mimica for Zagreb Film. It is described as a dizzying existentialist parable about an inept police inspector chasing his own fingerpr ...

, directed by

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, which was particularly well received.

Synopsis

The story takes place in an unnamed

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n metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by ''Prehlađeni Joe'' (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspektor Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.

Episode list

Source:

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 10949016
Inspektor Maska - EP3
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