Professor Balthazar

Professor Balthazar

Professor Balthazar is able to solve all problems by using his magic machine.[1]
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 Croatia (Yugoslavia)
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 59
Production
Running time 5–10 minutes
Production company(s) Zagreb Film
Windrose Film
Release
Original release 1967 – 1978
Professor Balthazar in Zagreb

Professor Balthazar is a Croatian animated television series for children about an old inventor that was produced between 1967 and 1978. It was created by animator Zlatko Grgić.

History

The series was created for television by the Croatian animator Zlatko Grgić at the Zagreb Film studio. Fifty-nine episodes of the cartoon were made between 1967 and 1978.[2]

The cartoon has been shown in subsequent years in several countries besides the former Yugoslavia, including United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel,[3] Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Spain, Iran, Greece, Canada and Zimbabwe.

From 1971 to 1973, episodes were featured on the American ABC-TV children's program Curiosity Shop. The cartoon inventor was the basis for the show's puppet character, Baron Balthazar, and the cartoons were shown as animated sequences of the Baron's tales of his adventures and inventions back in "downtown Bosnia".

The cartoon 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.

Credits

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

References

  1. 1 2 Nina Ožegović (4 December 2006). "Hoćemo Baltazara za simbol grada Zagreba" [We want Balthazar as a symbol of the city]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Professor Balthazar". zagrebfilm.hr. Zagreb Film. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "TV scheduled for 17/2/1976 17:50".
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