Professor Balthazar
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| Professor Balthazar | |
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 Professor Balthazar is able to solve all problems by using his magic machine.[1] |
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| Also known as | Profesor Baltazar |
| Genre | Animated television series |
| Created by | Zlatko Grgić |
| Directed by | Zlatko Grgić Boris Kolar Ante Zaninović |
| Composer(s) | Tomica Simović[1] |
| Country of origin | SFR Yugoslavia |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 59 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5-10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Zagreb Film Windrose Film |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | 1967 – 1978 |
Professor Balthazar is a cartoon series for children about an old inventor.
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[edit] History
It was created for television by the Croatian animator Zlatko Grgić at the Zagreb Film studio, Croatia. 59 episodes of the cartoon were made between 1967 and 1974.
It has been shown in subsequent years in several countries beside the former Yugoslavia, including Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Iran, Greece, Canada and Zimbabwe. It was also shown in the United States in the 1980s on Pinwheel as well as on the ABC in Australia.
A CGI revival was planned in the late 1990s and was completed in 2007.
[edit] Credits
- Production Company: Zagreb / Windrose-Hamburg for WWF-Cologne
- Production Supervisor: Z. Pavičić
- Scripts: Zlatko Grgić, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninović
- Directors: Zlatko Grgić, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninović
- Animators: Zlatko Grgić, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninović, T. Paus, L. Fabiani, N. Petrick, S. Drobnić
- Backgrounds: Zlatko Bourek, Branko Varadin, Srdjan Matić
- Camera: I. Hercigonja
- Music: Tomica Simović
- Music Supervisor: T. Brunšmid
- Sound: M. Presil
- Designers: Zlatko Grgić, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninović
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- Inventor of Shoes
- Hannibal's Alps
- The Rise and Fall of Horatio
- Flying Fabian
- Martin at the Top
- On Mouse and Watches
- Birthday Story
- Happiness for Two
- Wicked Aunts
- Victor's Egg-Machine
- Windy Story
- Starry Quartet
[edit] Season 2
- Alfred the Night Guard
- Bim-Bum
- Miraculous Cake
- Animal Doctor
- Professor Balthasar's Rainbow
- Figaro Hop
- Silvestar the Tailor
- Icy Hot
- Hairless Dolls
- Cloudy Story
- Clumsiness Issues
- Zvonko from the Belltower
- The Largest Snowman
[edit] Season 3
- Amadeus's Ears
- Flower Drama
- The Problem with Piracy
- Lion's Troubles
- Maxol
- Fu-Fu the Monster
- Cloudy with Bickering
- Peppino Cicerone
- Charlie the Penguin
- Miss Chilopoda Barefoot
- Play for Mirko
- Fireman Story
- Happy Bridge
[edit] Season 4
- Balthazar's Love
- Balthazar's Watch
- Spiritual Story
- Two Cylinders
- Hik
- Lost Rabbit
- Playing the Hunter
- Daniel the Clown
- Kroko the Cobbler
- Opera Star
- Axel the Penguin
- Work is Work
- Bird
- Sport Life
- Champion
- Street Musicians
- Big Snore
- Violeta and Franc
- Windmill
- Air
[edit] References
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