Macskafogó (1986)

Director:

Béla Ternovszky

Writer:

József Nepp (writer)

Release Date:

1 January 1988 (Bulgaria)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on planet X the crime-syndicated Cats try to erase the Mouse-population once and for all...

Plot Keywords:

Anthropomorphic | Cat | Espionage | Hungarian | Spy

Cast

Miklós Benedek	...	Mr. Fritz Teufel (voice)
Gyula Bodrogi	...	Maxipocak (voice)
Ilona Béres	...	Pissy (voice)
Péter Haumann	...	Safranek (voice)
András Kern	...	Buddy (voice)
Ferenc Kállai	...	Bob Poljakov (voice)
János Körmendi	...	Mr. Gatto (voice)
István Mikó	...	Lusta Dick (voice)
Károly Mécs	...	Edlington (voice)
Vera Pap	...	Chino San (voice)
Zsuzsa Pálos	...	Pukie (voice)
László Sinkó	...	Grabovszky (voice)
Gyula Szombathy	...	Billy (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Bircher	...	Candy (voice)
Dean Hagopian	...	Mr. D (voice)
A.J. Henderson	...	Tweed (voice)
Pierre Lenoir	...	Burns (voice)
Carla Napier	...	Cookie (voice)
Rob Roy	...	Gary Gumshoe (voice)
Michael Rudder	...	Bones (voice)
Vlasta Vrana	...	Mr. Gatto (voice)
Zoltán Bezerédy	...	Ship officer (voice) (uncredited)
Gyula Buss	...	Milo von Schwartz (voice) (uncredited)
Szilvia Dallos	...	RatRacer Information Service (voice) (uncredited)
Antal Farkas	...	Burglar (voice) (uncredited)
Margit Földessy	...	Singing pussycat (voice) (uncredited)
János Gálvölgyi	...	Cat pirate #2 / Servant / Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
Zoltán Gera	...	Captain (voice) (uncredited)
János Horkay	...	Leader of Platoon 7 (voice) (uncredited)
Gyula Horváth	...	Pedro (voice) (uncredited)
József Kautzky	...	Gangster (voice) (uncredited)
András Komlós	...	Robbed man (voice) (uncredited)
Juci Komlós	...	Bank Customer (voice) (uncredited)
Géza Koroknai	...	Monitoring cat #1 / Co-pilot / Trustee (voice) (uncredited)
József Láng	...	Nielsen, trustee (voice) (uncredited)
Gabi Pálok	...	Harbor boy (voice) (uncredited)
István Pathó	...	Bank Executive (voice) (uncredited)
Ottó Szabó	...	Martinez, trustee (voice) (uncredited)
István Szatmári	...	Prof. Fushimisi (voice) (uncredited)
Balázs Szuhay	...	Prisoner 411 / Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
István Velenczei	...	Engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Ferenc Zenthe	...	Radio man (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Béla Ternovszky

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
József Nepp		writer

Produced by
Roman Kunz	....	producer

Original Music by
Tamás Deák

Cinematography by
Csaba Nagy
Mária Neményi
György Varga

Film Editing by
Magda Hap

Production Management
Gábor Morvay	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Éva Dikász	....	assistant director
Klára Polecsák	....	assistant director

Art Department
József Gémes	....	lead designer
Zoltan Maros	....	lead designer

Sound Department
Willi Kluth	....	sound effects
Hans-Walter Kramski	....	sound effects (as Hans Kramski)
József Nepp	....	sound editor
András Nyerges	....	sound engineer (as Nyerges András Imre)
János Réti	....	sound engineer
Béla Zsebényi	....	sound assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Erzsébet Nemes	....	assistant camera
Raymund Pataki	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Melinda Bajsz	....	ink and paint artist
Ilona Balogh	....	ink and paint artist
János Balogh	....	background artist
Ákos Bánfalvy	....	background artist
Erna Biró	....	ink and paint artist (as Biró Erna)
Éva Bugát	....	ink and paint artist
István Dékány	....	background artist
Emmi Foky	....	animator
Gáborné Gonzales	....	ink and paint artist
Annamária Gyebnár	....	ink and paint artist
Edit Hernádi	....	animator
Iván Jenkovszky	....	animator
Ilona Kiss	....	animator (as Kiss Ili)
András Paulovics	....	animator (as András Pavlovics)
József Schibik	....	animator
Gyula Szabó	....	background artist
András Szalay	....	background artist
Csaba Szórády	....	animator
Zsuzsa Tóth	....	animator
János Uzsák	....	animator
Mária Zsili	....	animator (as Zsilli Mária)

Editorial Department
Ágnes Voller	....	assistant editor (as Völler Ágnes)

Music Department
Tamás Deák	....	conductor
Jimmy Giuffre	....	composer: song "The 4 gangsters"

Other crew
Mari Bajnóczky	....	drawer (as Bajnóczky Mária)
Magda Bakos	....	drawer (as Magdolna Bakos)
Réka Balikó	....	drawer
Péter Dörnyei	....	drawer
Éva Faragó	....	drawer
István Gelléri	....	assistant to director
Pabló J. Guerrero	....	drawer
Pál Hegymegi	....	assistant to director
Ágnes Horváth	....	drawer
Mária Imre	....	assistant to director
Sándor Jesse	....	drawer
Éva Mátrainé Óvári	....	assistant to director
Erzsébet Nyirõ	....	drawer
Beáta Olajos	....	drawer
Erzsébet Pintér	....	technical designer
Gabriella Prunner	....	drawer
Lászlóné Ráhi	....	assistant to director
Andrea Reisinger	....	drawer
Gabriella Révész	....	drawer
Katalin Seregi	....	drawer
Mária Szabados	....	drawer
Jenõ Udvardi	....	drawer
József Udvarnoki	....	drawer
Erika Varga	....	drawer
Zsuzsa Wieser	....	drawer
Zsuzsanna Zsáky	....	drawer (as Zsáky Zsuzsa)
Mária Zsebényi	....	drawer

Production Companies

• Pannonia

Also Known As:

Cat City

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Hungary | Canada | West Germany

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Company:

Pannonia

Trivia:

This movie was the 5th biggest Hungarian box-office hit in the 1980s. (The first was another animated film, _Vuk (1981)_.)

Movie Connections:

References The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

The best cartoon ever

This movie is my favorite cartoon of my childhood. It is still my favorite, and is best viewed in it's original Hungarian version (if you speak the language, or course). It is basically a James Bond style cartoon, where the cats and mice are at war. It is up to Grabovszky and the help of his friends to stop the cats. This cartoon has many memorable characters, such as the musical Mexican bats, led by Maxipocak, the meddling gangster rats Pissy, Cookie, Buddy, and Billy, the bumbling police officer Lusta Dick, the evil Mr. Teufel and his meek assistant Safranek, and the "don" of the gangster cats, Mr. Gato. This cartoon is a classic. It should be on the Top 250. I have seen the English translation, and it isn't nearly as good as the original, but it is still great. Let's vote 10 to get this cartoon up to the Top 250 where it belongs!