Johnny Corncob DVD

Johnny Corncob (1973) is based on an epic poem by Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi and it was commissioned by the government to mark the 150th anniversary of the poet’s birth. Pannonia Film Studio assembled a team of around 150 for the landmark production. Johnny Corncob was a huge milestone in Marcell Jankovics’s career as his (and indeed Hungary’s) first animated feature film.

The visual style of Johnny Corncob is bright, psychedelic, at times almost abstract, mixed with elements from pop culture. In both its design and its use of Hungarian legends and literature, the film set the tone for much of Jankovics’s future work.

In 1973 alone more than 1.5 million people saw the film and over the years it has become a genuine global cult classic.

Producer: Pannónia Filmstúdió. Director: Jankovics Marcell, Writer: Petőfi Sándor. Screenwriters: Szabó-Sípos Tamás, Jankovics Marcell, Szoboszlay Péter. Voice: Cserhalmi György, Nagy Anikó, Pártos Erzsi, Farkas Antal, Bárdy György, Mádi Szabó Gábor. Camera: Bacsó Zoltán, Henrik Irén, Nagy Csaba. Music: Gyulai Gaál János. Film-editor: Czipauer János, Sound engineer: Bársony Péter.

Language: Hungarian

Audio: 2.0
Colour

Subtitles: English, accessible Hungarian

Aspect ratio: 4:3

Running time: 75’

Published and distributed by the Hungarian National Film Institute Non-Profit Private Limited Company 2021.