Surogat

Surogat[1] (known in English as Ersatz and The Substitute) is a 1961 Yugoslav short animated film by Croatian director Dušan Vukotić, produced by Zagreb Film, then a Yugoslav film production company. The film is also known by several other names in other languages: Cyррогат, Der Ersatz, Le Succēdanē and Surrogatto.[2]

Surogat
Ersatz
The Substitute
Directed byDušan Vukotić
Written byRudolf Sremec
Music byTomica Simović
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Distributed byHerts-Lion and Gelt Ventures
Release date
  • December 31, 1961 (December 31, 1961)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryYugoslavia

Plot

A man takes a trip to the beach and every object he brings with him, no matter how unlikely, is inflatable.[3][4]

Accolades

The film won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1962.[5][6][7][8]

Legacy

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved Ersatz in 2012.[9]

According to producer David Silverman, The Simpsons the character design for the in-show cartoon "Worker and Parasite" in the 22nd episode of the series 4, 'Krusty Gets Kancelled', was based on Surogat. Simpson's creator Matt Groening said it was one of his favorite moments from The Simpsons.[10]

References
  1. FilmAffinity
  2. MUBI
  3. 1962 Ersatz( Surogat) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  4. "SUROGAT"/ERSATZ" on Vimeo
  5. Croatian Art © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995)
  6. Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars
  7. When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive
  8. 1962|Oscars.org
  9. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  10. Groening, Matt. (2004). DVD Commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
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