| Surogat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dušan Vukotić |
| Written by | Rudolf Sremec |
| Cinematography | Zlatko Sacer |
| Music by | Tomica Simović |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
| Production companies | Herts-Lion Zagreb Film |
| Distributed by | Herts-Lion Gelt Ventures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
Surogat (known in English as Ersatz and The Substitute) is a 1961 Yugoslavian animated comedy short 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.
Plot
A man takes a trip to the beach and every object he brings with him, no matter how unlikely, is inflatable.
Reception and legacy
The film won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1962.
It was featured in animation historian Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, where it appears one of 57 "Other Great Cartoons" that did not qualify for the main list but had nonetheless received "a substantial number of votes" as honorable mentions. The Academy Film Archive preserved Ersatz in 2012.
According to David Silverman, animator and producer for The Simpsons, the character designs for the in-show cartoon "Worker and Parasite", in the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", were based on Surogat. Simpsons creator Matt Groening said "Worker and Parasite" was one of his favorite moments from the show.
References
- The Substitute (S) (1961). Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via FilmAffinity.
- MUBI
- Croatian Art © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995)
- Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars
- When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive
- 1962|Oscars.org
- Beck, Jerry, ed. (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781878685490.
- "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- Silverman, David (9 September 2014). "Worker & Parasite was based on Surogat (aka Ersatz) - 1961, dir. Dusan Vukotic, (won Oscar, 1st non US anim win)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- Groening, Matt. (2004). DVD commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season . 20th Century Fox.