''Heroic Times'' ( hu, Daliás idők) is a 1984 Hungarian animated historical

epic film Epic films are a style of filmmaking with large-scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The usage of the term has shifted over time, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply synonymous with big-budget filmmaking. Like epics in ...

directed by

József Gémes József Gémes (9 November 1939 – 13 April 2013) was a Hungarian animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Anima ...

. It is an adaptation of the

Toldi trilogy Toldi may refer to: *Toldi (tank), Hungarian light tank * Toldi trilogy, epic poem trilogy written by the Hungarian poet János Arany *Miklós Toldi Miklós Toldi (c. 1320 – November 22, 1390) was a Hungarian nobleman from Bihar County of t ...

, a 19th-century epic poem in three parts by

János Arany János Arany (; archaic English: John Arany; 2 March 1817 – 22 October 1882) was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been transl ...

. The film was produced through

Pannonia Film Studio Pannonia Film Studio (also known as MAFILM Pannónia Filmstúdió) was the largest animation studio in Hungary, based in the capital of Budapest. It was formed in 1951, becoming independent in 1957. The studio is said to have closed sometime aro ...

and is notable for its visual style, which resembles

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. It won the feature film award at the 1985

Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J ...

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* 1980s fantasy adventure films 1984 films 1984 animated films Hungarian animated films Hungarian fantasy films 1980s Hungarian-language films Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film winners {{fantasy-film-stub

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