''Frakk, a macskák réme'' (lit. ''Frakk, the terror of the cats'') is a
Hungarian television show, written by Ágnes Bálint. The series was produced between 1971 and 1985, and used
cutout animation
Cutout animation is a form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or photographs. The props would be cut out and used as puppets for stop motion. The world's ...
.
Plot
Frakk is a
Vizsla
The Vizsla (), also known as Hungarian Vizsla, Magyar Vizsla or Hungarian Pointer, is a dog breed from Hungary and belongs to the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) group 7 ( Pointing Dogs), the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) group 1 ( ...
who is living his life with a typical, sometimes ironically depicted married couple. Frakk, whose name means '
tailcoat
A tailcoat is a knee-length coat (clothing), coat characterised by a rear section of the skirt (known as the ''tails''), with the front of the skirt cut away.
The tailcoat shares its historical origins in clothes cut for convenient horse-riding ...
' in English, lives together with Uncle Charles (Károly bácsi) and Aunt Irma (Irma néni), two Hungarian
pensioner
A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom (along with OAP, initialism of old-age pensioner), Ireland and Australia where someone of p ...
s along with their two
cat
The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...
s, Lucrezia and Meek (Szerénke), one of them black and the other white.
[Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian cinema: from coffee house to multiplex''. Wallflower Press. 2004. ] Due to an old rivalry, the three constantly get into fights which are exacerbated by the strict attitude of Aunt Irma, who favors the two cats as opposed to Uncle Charles, who takes the dog's side.
Production
The show was written by Agnes Bálint in 1971. Music by Zsolt Pethő. The 1st season's first episode created in 1971 (showed in 1972), the 2nd season was created in 1972 (showed in 1973), and a 3rd season came in 1978 (showed in 1979), the 4th season created in 1984 (the season showed in 1987 or 1988).
Reception
The show was very popular in Hungary[ and is considered one of the top animated shows that defined the decade of the 1970s for Hungarian children.][Lustyik, Katalin. Højbjerg, Lennard and Søndergaard, Henrik, eds. ''European film and media culture''. Museum Tusculanum Press. 2006. ]
List of the Seasons/Episodes
Season 1
# Diadal
# Éji zene
# A betegápoló
# Egerészni jó
# Fő a kényelem!
# Árulás
# Élőkép
# Éjszaka fényei
# Szerénke művelődik
# Egy kis kényeztetés
# Elégtétel
# Pancsi-pancsi
# Bizsu
Season 2
# Karácsonyi angyalkák
# Macskabál
# Számtanóra
# A szomszéd kakas
# Lábnyomok a vetésben
# Beteglátogatók
# A kerékpár
# Majd mi megmutatjuk
# A sonka ízű sajt
# Ó, mely sok hal…
# A megszokott kerékvágás
# Kedves emlék
# Vándorcirkusz
Season 3
# De jó sport a foci
# Vegyünk neki labdát
# A művelt eb
# Egér pongyolában
# Nyesőolló díszdobozban
# Egy tollseprű tündöklése
# Hajrá, vadmacskák!
# Ki táncol Lukréciával?
# A falkatárs
# A csúzli
# Gumicsont
# Cinkemama küldi
# Mit hoz a Télapó?
Season 4 (the last season)
# Rézlakodalom
# Kolbászkiállítás
# Régiségek
# Hol vadász, hol juhász
# A kiskutya pizsamája
# Az irigy kutya karácsonya
# Gyere, kiskutyám!
# A gyűjtemény
# Zöld erdőben jártam
# Kis kacsa fürdik
# Csónaktúra
# Egy cica… két cica…
# Oh, az édes otthon
References
1971 animated television series debuts
1970s Hungarian television series
Animated television series about dogs
Hungarian animated television series
Hungarian children's television series
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