Garbancito de la Mancha

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]

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 (Madrid)
13 May 1946 (Valencia)
Running time
98 min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

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 Fairy Godmother, and an enchanted sword.

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

References
  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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