Inspektor Maska

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Inspektor Maska
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Also known asInspector Mask
Genre Animated television series
Created byDragutin Vunak (idea)
Directed byBoris Kolar [1]
Borivoj Dovniković
Dragutin Vunak
various
Voices ofMladen Šerment
ComposersAleksandar Bubanović
Davor Kajfeš
Miljenko Prohaska
Stipica Kalogjera
Country of origin Croatia (Yugoslavia)
Original language Hrvatski
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time7–10 minutes
Production company ZAGREB FILM d.d.
Original release
Network Radiotelevizija Zagreb
Release1962 (1962) 
1963 (1963)

Inspektor Maska (English: Inspector Mask) is a Croatian and Yugoslav animated comedy television series produced for television by Zagreb Film that ran from 1962 to 1963.

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Development

The idea for the series originated from the 1959 animated short Inspektor se vratio kući , directed by Vatroslav Mimica, which was particularly well received. [2]

Synopsis

The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspektor Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end. [3] [4]

Episode list

Source: [5]

No.YearEpisode name (Hrvatski)Episode name (English)
11962Duh u škripcuGhost In A Squeeze
21962Crni sombreroEl Cactusito
31962Kostur postavlja zamkuSkeleton Sets The Tramp
41962Krađa u luciThe 10.000 Ton Robbery
51962Lula MiraCalumet
61962Oteti konjThe Horsenapping
71962Otmica Miss UniversumKidnapping Of Miss Universe
81962Sto jedna (101) žena Toni KantareTony's 101 Bride
91962Šeikov briljantSheikh's Jewel
101962Građanin IM-5 [6] Citizen IM-5
111963Obračun u Muzeju voštanih figuraHeadsman Of The Wax Museum
121963Ole, Torero!Ole, Torero!
131963Električna stolica je nestalaThe Runaway Electric Chair

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References

  1. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Gradanin IM-T (Zagreb Film)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on July 24, 2012.
  2. The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Volume 3, Chelsea House Publishers, 1983, pp. 315
  3. "Lula mira (serija Inspektor Maska)". Animafest (in Croatian). Zagreb. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. "Inspektor Maska na besplatnoj projekciji u Parku Stara Trešnjevka". 21 September 2023.
  5. "Inspektor Maska". Zagreb Film (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Inspektor Maska Theatrical Series -Zagreb Film". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on July 20, 2012.