Gustav (film series)
Hungarian TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gustav, also known as Gustavus, (Hungarian Gusztáv, 1966-1979) was a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons (5 minutes) for adults.
Gustav | |
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Genre | Adult animation |
Created by | Attila Dargay József Nepp Marcell Jankovics |
Composer | Tamás Deák |
Country of origin | Hungary |
Original language | Hungarian |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 120 |
Production | |
Editors | János Czipauer Magda Hap |
Running time | 6 minutes (1964-1968) 7 minutes (1975-1979) |
Production company | Pannonia Film Studio |
Original release | |
Network | Magyar Televízió |
Release | April 3, 1966 (1966-04-03) – May 12, 1979 (1979-05-12) |
Each episode tells an adventure of the main character, Gustav, related to the grey realities of urban life. Characteristic feature of the show was that episodes were independent: for example, Gustav is sometimes a bachelor, sometimes has large family. In Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia the episodes were broadcast on TV in the 80s, usually as airtime filler. The series was also broadcast in Western Europe and even in New Zealand - because it was not using language, other than gibberish sound, it was able to easily transcend boundaries. In 2013 and 2014, Gusztáv was again broadcast in Croatia, on national television, usually as an airtime filler. However, over 40 episodes were broadcast between films in special Christmas/New Year film marathons.[1]