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Release: April 21, 2026

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Legendary animator Marcell Jankovics' dazzling, multicolored masterpiece depicts thousands of years of Hungarian myths and culture SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND (ÉNEK A CSODASZARVASRÓL), 2002, N.F.I. (Hungary), 89 min. "We are the people of the deer, our dead appear in the form of a deer," proclaims the voice of the great cosmic elk as it descends to earth, in legendary Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics' dazzling, multicolored masterpiece, a stunning blend of Ice Age mythology, primordial symbolism, medieval history and mind-bending metaphysics. His follow-up feature to SON OF THE WHITE MARE, and made during production on his magnum opus THE TRAGEDY OF MAN (recently released by Deaf Crocodile), SONG is Jankovics' incredibly ambitious attempt to depict thousands of years of Hungarian culture and myth, based in part on early Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends and incorporating Scythian, Iranian and Turkic artistic influences. Divided into four sections, the film opens in a violent snowstorm, with nomadic hunters stalking deer and woolly mammoth and singing songs of their spiritual brethren - and it ends millennia later, with Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, who helped bridge the gap between Paganism and early Christianity. Filled with cascading imagery of mythical She-Deer, of legendary brothers Hunor and Magyar, of forest spirits, gorgeous birds of fire and streams of silvery fish, SONG is easily the visual equal of SON OF THE WHITE MARE and TRAGEDY OF MAN in Jankovics' filmography As the ancient ballad sings: "The wonderful hind of their dreams ran ahead of them." Featuring the voices of Árpád Besenczi, Ildikó Bokor, Róbert Bolla and others. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Bonus Materials 4K restoration of the film by the NFI – Film Archive in Hungary. New video interview with the film’s composer Levente Szörényi (of legendary Hungarian rock band Illés) and animator Piroska Martsa New visual essay by film historian Evan Chester New commentary track by animation producer and podcaster Adam Rackoff, podcaster and film critic James Hancock, and filmmaker and podcaster Martin Kessler. Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion. Cast & Crew Actors: Árpád Besenczi Ildikó Bokor Róbert Bolla Director: Marcell Jankovics

Release: April 21, 2026

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Legendary animator Marcell Jankovics' dazzling, multicolored masterpiece depicts thousands of years of Hungarian myths and culture SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND (ÉNEK A CSODASZARVASRÓL), 2002, N.F.I. (Hungary), 89 min. "We are the people of the deer, our dead appear in the form of a deer," proclaims the voice of the great cosmic elk as it descends to earth, in legendary Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics' dazzling, multicolored masterpiece, a stunning blend of Ice Age mythology, primordial symbolism, medieval history and mind-bending metaphysics. His follow-up feature to SON OF THE WHITE MARE, and made during production on his magnum opus THE TRAGEDY OF MAN (recently released by Deaf Crocodile), SONG is Jankovics' incredibly ambitious attempt to depict thousands of years of Hungarian culture and myth, based in part on early Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends and incorporating Scythian, Iranian and Turkic artistic influences. Divided into four sections, the film opens in a violent snowstorm, with nomadic hunters stalking deer and woolly mammoth and singing songs of their spiritual brethren - and it ends millennia later, with Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, who helped bridge the gap between Paganism and early Christianity. Filled with cascading imagery of mythical She-Deer, of legendary brothers Hunor and Magyar, of forest spirits, gorgeous birds of fire and streams of silvery fish, SONG is easily the visual equal of SON OF THE WHITE MARE and TRAGEDY OF MAN in Jankovics' filmography As the ancient ballad sings: "The wonderful hind of their dreams ran ahead of them." Featuring the voices of Árpád Besenczi, Ildikó Bokor, Róbert Bolla and others. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Bonus Materials 4K restoration of the film by the NFI – Film Archive in Hungary. New video interview with the film’s composer Levente Szörényi (of legendary Hungarian rock band Illés) and animator Piroska Martsa New visual essay by film historian Evan Chester New commentary track by animation producer and podcaster Adam Rackoff, podcaster and film critic James Hancock, and filmmaker and podcaster Martin Kessler. Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion. Cast & Crew Actors: Árpád Besenczi Ildikó Bokor Róbert Bolla Director: Marcell Jankovics Top Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews Song Of The Miraculous Hind [4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo] Song Of The Miraculous Hind 4K UHD

Release: August 12, 2025

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Legendary Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics' kaleidoscopic masterwork following the endless battle between Adam, Eve and Lucifer through history. THE TRAGEDY OF MAN (AZ EMBER TRAGÉDIÁJA), 2011, Mozinet, 160 min. An incredible 23 years in the making, THE TRAGEDY OF MAN is the legendary Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics's (SON OF THE WHITE MARE) sprawling, kaleidoscopic masterwork: a seemingly-endless animated scroll of gorgon-like demons, cave paintings that spring to life, barbarian warriors, bejeweled pharaohs, knights and martyrs and prophets bleeding together -- one brutal age dissolving into another and another, all of human history passing like pages in a child's flipbook. Adapted from the dramatic poem by 19th century author Imre Madách that's often compared to Goethe's Faust and Milton's Paradise Lost, THE TRAGEDY OF MAN is no ordinary cartoon: it's one of the most visually stunning and wildly ambitious animated epics ever made (and then some). Out of the galactic void at the beginning of the story emerges Lucifer the Devil, the Great Winged Bat, Anubis, the antagonist who adopts many faces and forms as it guides and manipulates the characters of Adam and Eve throughout history, searching for the purpose of human existence -- if there is one. Broken into 15 different episodes (the segments were produced one at a time by Jankovics as he cobbled together funding), each section has a different visual style, incorporating a mindblowing tapestry of world art, cultures, symbols, and rituals. In ancient Egypt, the bodies of slaves become the literal building blocks of the pyramids - in ancient Greece, the background shatters like broken pottery - in Rome, mosaics of gladiators come to life, slashing at each other - in the Middle Ages, arguing zealots are transformed into Orthodox churches, clashing against one another as they crumble. The sum total of Jankovics's cosmic vision of human "progress" is utterly surreal, psychedelic, operatic and Wagnerian: a breathtaking Hieronymus Bosch-like triptych of Hell on Earth, with brief glimpses of Grace and Love which may offer hope for the future. Bonus Materials FIrst-ever U.S. Blu-ray release New video essay by Evan Chester New commentary track by animation producer and podcaster Adam Rackoff, podcaster and film critic James Hancock and film critic Martin Kessler New video interview with György Ráduly, director of the National Film Institute (NFI) in Budapest on Marcell Jankovics New video interview with key members of the original animation team Cast & Crew Actors: Ágnes Bertalan Mátyás Usztics Tibor Szilágyi Director: Marcell Jankovics Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Tragedy Of Man