Garbancito de la Mancha

Garbancito de la Mancha
Directed byJosé María Blay
Arturo Moreno
Written byE. Piera, M. Amat, and Julián Pemartín
Produced byJosé María Blay
Music byJacinto Guerrero[1]
Joaquín Bisbe[2]
Production
company
Balet y Blay
Release dates
  • 23 November 1945 (1945-11-23) (Madrid)
  • 13 May 1946 (1946-05-13) (Valencia)
Running time
98 min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Garbancito de la Mancha is a Spanish animated film directed by José María Blay and Arturo Moreno.[3] Released in 1945, it is the first animated feature film produced in Spain, the first cel-animated feature film produced in Europe, and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. It is inspired by the story of Don Quijote.[4]

The film was considered lost until 2020, when several of the original reels were recovered.

Synopsis

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Garbancito is an orphan whose friends, Kiriqui and Chirili, are kidnapped by the giant Caramanca. To rescue his friends, Garbancito is assisted by a goat named Peregrina, his Fairy Godmother, and an enchanted sword.

Recovery

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The original film had been considered lost, with a single film cell in a museum.

In 2019 and 2020, 8 of the 10 original dufay reels were discovered at two separate yard sales by collector David Bull, who contacted Spain and returned the reels to them at the small sum of €5,200, which just recovered what he had invested in storage and research. Asked why he didn't try to sell the priceless reels for a large sum Bull replied "I could not hold a country's cultural heritage hostage".

See also

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References

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  1. ^ José Ramos Machí, María José (2012). "El primer largometraje de animación europeo en color: Garbancito de La Mancha (1945) Análisis de la música de Jacinto Guerrero". Anuario Musical (in Spanish). 67: 223–270.
  2. ^ De España Renedo, Rafael (7 June 2007). De la Mancha a la pantalla: aventuras cinematográficas del ingenioso hidalgo (in Spanish). pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-8447532032.
  3. ^ Costa, Jordi (2010). Películas clave del cine de animación (in Spanish). pp. 59–61. ISBN 9788496924871.
  4. ^ Mancing, Howard (2006). Cervantes' Don Quixote: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 177. ISBN 9780313333477. Garbancito de la Mancha don quixote OR don quijote.
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