Garbancito de la Mancha
| Garbancito de la Mancha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | José María Blay Arturo Moreno |
| Written by | E. Piera, M. Amat, and Julián Pemartín |
| Produced by | José María Blay |
| Music by | Jacinto Guerrero[1] Joaquín Bisbe[2] |
Production company | Balet y Blay |
Release dates | 23 November 1945 (Madrid) 13 May 1946 (Valencia) |
Running time | 98 min |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Garbancito de la Mancha is a
The film was considered lost until 2020, when several of the original reels were recovered.
Synopsis
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
Recovery
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
- Garbancito, the folktale
References
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 978-8447532032.
- ISBN 9788496924871.
- ISBN 9780313333477.
Garbancito de la Mancha don quixote OR don quijote.
External links
- Garbancito de la Mancha at IMDb
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