Hungary's national hero gets the psychedelic animation treatment he absolutely deserved.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestAnimated version of a famous Hungarian epic tale by János Arany.
Direction
Jankovics' final work—40 years of visionary obsession distilled.
Writing
Arany's 19th century verse somehow feels perfectly at home here.
Creator
Marcell Jankovics
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jankovics spent four decades trying to make this, finally completing it at age 79. The man literally would not die until Toldi lived.
Arany's 1846 poem invented the 'Toldi trilogy' that became required reading for every Hungarian student for 150+ years. This is basically their Beowulf with better PR.
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