Marcell Jankovics

Marcell Jankovics

1941-10-21
79 (2021-05-29)
Budapest, Hungary

Marcell Jankovics was a Serbian-Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received an Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film "Sisyphus".

Budapest, Hungary

Marcell Jankovics was a Serbian-Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received an Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film "Sisyphus".

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Son of the White Mare 1981 (7.6)

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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Sisyphus 1974 (6.4)

The film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting of a dynamic line drawing of Sisyphus, the stone, and the mountainside.
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Johnny Corncob 1973 (8)

A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.