Professor Balthazar1968-1972

Genre: Ex-YU ,  Family
Duration: 38x10' and 20x5'
Country: Yugoslavia

Credits

Director
Zlatko Bourek, Zlatko Grgić, Boris Kolar, Ante Zaninović

Actors

Description

Professor Balthazar is a nice scientist who handles the problems of his fellow-citizens with the help of his hurly-burlytron. But In fact, he solves problems by means of his imagination and a lot of positive energy. He is the main character from the famous animated series in which there is no violence and all the problems are solved in a humane and in the so called Balthazar way.
Professor Balthazar loves nature and all living beings, he fights for the right and against the evil, he is an ecologist, he promotes the knowledge, tolerance, peace and love, he is funny, imaginative, humble and unobtrusive, friendly and dedicated.
The cartoon has been shown in numerous countries besides the former Yugoslavia, including Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Spain, Iran, Greece, Canada and Zimbabwe.
From 1971 to 1973, episodes were featured on the 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.
The complete series is digitalized and restored, and in 2013 high-definition version is finished. On 21st of June 2013, celebrating the 82nd birthday of Zlatko Grgic, Google Doodle put Professor Balthazar on their homepage!

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