Il était une fois l'homme 4. DVD Egyszer volt az ember... 4. Európa Újjászületése (Once Upon a Time... Man ) / Created by Albert Barillé / Narrated by Roger Carel / Animated World history for children

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MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

Audio: Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: -

Runtime: 140 minutes

English Summary:

Once Upon a Time... Man (French: Il était une fois... l'homme) is a French animated TV series from 1978 directed by Albert Barillé. It is the first in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series explains world history in a format designed for children. The action focuses around one group. The same familiar characters appear in all episodes as they deal with the problems of their time.

French Summary:

Il était une fois… l'Homme est une série française en dessins animés de 26 épisodes de 26 minutes chacun. Diffusée initialement du 30 septembre 1978 au 14 avril 1979 sur FR3, elle a été créée par le réalisateur, auteur, scénariste et producteur Albert Barillé (1920-2009) pour les studios français Procidis.

Il était une fois… l'Homme raconte l'histoire de l'humanité des origines de la vie jusqu'à la fin du XX^e siècle.

Les principales étapes historiques sont abordées en mettant en scène une cellule familiale et en mélangeant les grands points de l'histoire avec ce que cela signifiait dans la vie quotidienne. Outre les commentaires hors-champ, une horloge permet de se repérer dans la chronologie en indiquant la date correspondant aux événements évoqués. Elle est anthropomorphe car elle est dotée de deux yeux, de deux bras et parfois d'une bouche lorsqu'elle s'exprime.

La plupart des personnages historiques héritent de l'apparence et d'une partie du caractère de différents personnages prédéfinis (voir section suivante).

Hungarian Summary:

A sorozat bemutatja az emberiség történetét, a Földön megjelenő élet első formáitól kezdve egészen napjainkig. Kalandos időutazásban lehet részünk, amelyből elődeink tapasztalatai alapján megérthetjük jelenünket is.

Characters

The episodes of Once Upon a Time… Man typically would follow one family, which most typically used the same set of archetypes that would be reused for the scenario. These same characters would later be used in the later additions to the Once Upon a Time... series, with some changes.

• Maestro (Roger Carel) – The wise old man. He usually serves as the head of the tribe, as a religious priest, as an advisor to the king, or as an inventor. Maestro's hair is white and so long that it completely covers his body, and only his facial features, arms, and feet are ever visible; he is also distinguished by two hairs on the top of his head that look like antennae. Maestro often keeps objects in his beard and is sometimes seen fiddling around in it to find the one he wishes to present. He also serves as a mentor to the children of the series.
• Peter / Pierre Carel (Roger Carel) – Another protagonist of the series, with brown hair, presented as an ordinary but likeable man. He is always married to Pierrette and is good friends with Jumbo. He is sometimes referred to as Pierrot. In some of the episodes set in the medieval era, Peter has blonde hair and is named Bert, but his personality and relationships are the same.
• Jumbo / Le Gros (Yves Barsacq) – The strong young man with red curly hair, Jumbo is tall, somewhat clumsy, and very muscular. He prefers to solve problems with his fists, and his best friend Peter often needs to indicate for him not to attack.
• Pierrette (Annie Balestra) – A kind blonde woman, typically married to Peter.
• The Pest / Le Teigneux (Claude Bertrand) – A strong bully and one of two common recurring villains in the series (the other being the Dwarf). He is the major rival opposing Peter and Jumbo, and is either working against them or arguing with them.
• The Dwarf / Le Nabot (Patrick Préjean) – The mastermind behind the Pest, the Dwarf is short and has red hair with three spikes pointing upward. He is often the only one who supports the Pest in his actions, and is often shown as a swindler.
• The Clock – A rectangular box with eyes and hands, typically coloured red, the Clock most commonly simply shows the year that the events on-screen are occurring. Occasionally, the Clock does intervene in the series in a minor role, typically to either have some emotional response like surprise or sadness to an event on-screen, or else to correct Maestro in-series when he has ideas too advanced for his historical time period.

Although historical figures would typically appear as themselves, occasionally one of the archetypes would be used, like Maestro as Leonardo da Vinci.

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