Son of the White Mare

1981 [HUNGARIAN]

Action / Adventure / Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 82% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 3539 3.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Marcell Jankovics Photo
Marcell Jankovics

Top cast

György Cserhalmi Photo
György Cserhalmi as Fanyüvö / Vasgyúró / Kömorzsoló
Vera Pap Photo
Vera Pap as Aranyhajú Nyárszépe / Ezusthajú Tavaszszépe / Rézhajú Öszszépe
Gyula Szabó Photo
Gyula Szabó as Hétszünyü Kaponyányi Monyók / Esökirály
Ferenc Szalma Photo
Ferenc Szalma as Griffmadár úr
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789.46 MB
988*720
Hungarian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 7
1.43 GB
1472*1072
Hungarian 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 61

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Rectangular_businessman 8 / 10

The hero's journey as a surreal dream

Reviewed by BabelAlexandria 8 / 10

Abstract Animation, Complex Myth

I'd been meaning to check this one out for a while, so was excited to see that it's now been remastered and released in the US on blu ray. I convinced my kids to watch it by suggesting that it would be a good Halloween choice-there is a descent into the underworld, after all-but it's not so much creepy as foreboding. The movie claims to have a basis in ancient Hungarian/Avar myth (and hey, the title does include a horse in it), presumably oral, but I haven't been able to find its actual source anywhere. The myth itself is strange and hard to follow, but majestic, driven less by the sparse Hungarian narration than the amazing visuals, which have made the movie famous. A constantly transforming mix of rectilinear shapes and curves, with lively light play and lightening, frame all the characters and their environment, and fits the cosmological myth perfectly. I'm also curious how the animation was produced-in many of the scenes it seems like no animation cel background was used, in others almost like there was a "foreground". Anyway, respect to my kids: the film was not what they were expecting, but they got into it, especially towards the end, and stuck with it over three nights or so, all while dealing with subtitling.
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