Johnny Corncob

Johnny Corncob (Hungarian: János vitéz) is a 1973 Hungarian animated adventure film directed by Marcell Jankovics. It tells the story of a young man who goes on an adventure as a soldier, while longing to be reunited with the woman he loves. The film is based on the 1845 epic poem János Vitéz by Sándor Petőfi. It was the first Hungarian animated feature film.

Johnny Corncob
Directed byMarcell Jankovics
Screenplay byMarcell Jankovics
Tamás Sipos
Péter Szoboszlay
Based onJános Vitéz by Sándor Petőfi
CinematographyZoltán Bacsó
Attila Csepela
Irén Henrik
Klári Kassai
Csaba Nagy
Edited byJános Czipauer
Katalin Gyöpös
Katalin Szakács
Release date
  • 3 May 1973 (1973-05-03)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Cast
  • György Cserhalmi as Jancsi (Johnny)
  • Anikó Nagy as Iluska (his girlfriend)
  • Erzsi Pártos as the Mostoha (Iluska's step-mother)
  • Antal Farkas as the Gazda (farmer)
  • Gábor Mádi Szabó as the Haramiavezér (bandit leader)
  • György Bárdy as the Hussar Captain
  • János Körmendi as the French king
  • Erzsébet Kútvölgyi as the Princess

Production

The film was commissioned by the Hungarian government for the 150th anniversary of Sándor Petőfi's birth. It was produced by Pannonia Film Studio and was Hungary's first ever animated feature film. It was made by a team of 130 people and took 22 months to produce.[1] The visual style was inspired by George Dunning's 1968 film Yellow Submarine.[2]

Trivia

In HBTV, the cartoon was set to Poco's Crazy Love and Stevie Wonder's Whereabouts even though it wasn't a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

References
  1. Vollenbroek, Tunde (2015-05-18). "Marcell Jankovics Q&A: 'Why Would One Imitate Reality?'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  2. "János vitéz 40 éve". Cultura.hu (in Hungarian). 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2015-08-18.


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