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Son of the White Mare

Original title: Fehérlófia
  • 19811981
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Son of the White Mare (1981)
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In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim the... Read allIn this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
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7.8/10
2.3K
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POPULARITY
24,009
634
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    • Director
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Writers
      • László György
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Stars
      • György Cserhalmi(voice)
      • Vera Pap(voice)
      • Gyula Szabó(voice)
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    • Director
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Writers
      • László György
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Stars
      • György Cserhalmi(voice)
      • Vera Pap(voice)
      • Gyula Szabó(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 90Metascore

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    György Cserhalmi
    György Cserhalmi
    • Fanyüvö
    • (voice)
    • …
    Vera Pap
    • Aranyhajú Nyárszépe
    • (voice)
    • …
    Gyula Szabó
    • Hétszünyü Kaponyányi Monyók
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ferenc Szalma
    • Griffmadár úr
    • (voice)
    Mari Szemes
    • Fehérló
    • (voice)
    • …
    Szabolcs Tóth
    • Háromfejü sárkány
    • (voice)
    • (as Dr. Szabolcs Tóth)
    • …
    Ottó Ulmann
    • Fiatal Fanyüvö
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Marcell Jankovics
    • Writers
      • László György
      • Marcell Jankovics
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    • Trivia
      Marcell Jankovics deliberately avoided adding black contour lines to the characters, as he felt that these always made animated characters stand out from the background. He was looking to unify environment and character art. Art historian, folk mythology analyst and alternate history conspiracy theorist Gábor Pap, with whom Jankovics had consulted during production, saw this as a huge mistake. He argued that clear line-work is an inextricable part of folk art, and by abandoning it, the movie detached itself from its source material. Pap would go on to deride the movie in his writings, saying it had flopped for a good reason.
    • Goofs
      The official English subtitles mistranslate one of the dragons' lines. When the White Mare gets pregnant with her third son, the dragons threaten the giant snake holding the Mare prisoner by saying "If you cannot deal with this, her third son, your life will be over." The subtitles have the dragons threaten the Mare instead of the snake, saying "You cannot provide milk for a third son, and so your life ends here." The translator probably misheard the outdated phrase "ha te evvel" (if you with this) as "a tejeddel" (with your milk).
    • Crazy credits
      Before the credits begin scrolling, a looped animation of Treeshaker walking amidst a smoggy, polluted cityscape is played accompanied by eerie "technological" noises play. As he walks, the smog slowly engulfs him until he is gone. According to the director, this short segment is the most important part of the movie because it encapsulates his core messages. Treeshaker is a traditional hero of old and the city around him references the 12-headed city dragon that he had fought in the film. The scene means that the destructive urbanization and pollution of modernity causes humans to forget about their values. The stars on the sky remind us of the old traditions but the rising buildings and smog make them vanish from view. In the end, although Treeshaker defeated the dragons, the darkness represented by the dragons might win out.
    • Alternate versions
      The film's Hungarian and Russian home video releases were incorrectly color-graded. The 1983 Soviet VHS release was entirely green toned, while the 2005 Hungarian DVD (the most commonly watched version prior to the 2019 remaster) had an overly high saturation and was tinted pink and blue, muddying the reds and yellows. Neither of these accurately represented the film's original colors and both got entirely rid of grays, which can be best seen on the originally gray Three-Headed Dragon. The 2019 4K high-def remaster by Arbelos Films and the Hungarian Filmlab finally restored the film's original colors and revealed finer shading details that have been previously hidden by incorrect color-grading.
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    User reviews10

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    8/10
    Surprisingly Straight Forward
    Watched this on Blu-ray. It was nice to look at and surprisingly easy to follow. Many older, foreign animated films can get quite complex, which can be a turn-off to some viewers, but this ended up having a simple enough plot and was easy to follow despite the heavy symbolism. In our opinion, this was both a positive and a negative; the opening was beautiful and captivating, but the story was so simple that the film began to feel repetitive despite the short runtime. Nonetheless, this is a movie every true film buff needs to watch. The animation alone deserves significant attention and praise.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 13, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Hungary
    • Language
      • Hungarian
    • Also known as
      • El hijo de la yegua blanca
    • Production company
      • Pannónia Filmstúdió
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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