Attila Dargay

Attila Dargay was born in Mezőnyék on 20 June 1927. Admitted in 1945 to the School of Fine Arts, he was expelled from it in 1948 for political reasons, as “alien to his class”. A set painter at the National Theatre, he then joined the animation studio, where he became a designer, then a director in 1957. There he made series and feature films that several generations know, and also drew comic strips, among them the dog Kajla. His wife, Irén Henrik, was his camera operator. He died in Budapest on 20 October 2009.

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• CinemaMattie the Goose-boyLúdas MatyiAttila Dargay · 1977Cinema