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- ↑ MUBI
- ↑ Spectacle Theater
- ↑ Arbelos Films
- ↑ JOHNNY CORNCOB (Marcell Jankovics, 1973) on Vimeo
- ↑ Notebook Primer: Hungarian Animation, 1915-1989 on Notebook|MUBI
- ↑ Vollenbroek, Tunde (2015-05-18). "Marcell Jankovics Q&A: 'Why Would One Imitate Reality?'". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ "János vitéz 40 éve". Cultura.hu (in Hungarian). 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ Animation Celebration Dives Into Hungarian...|New Haven Independent
- ↑ "Forever Like the Rose (Hanna-Barbera, Pannónia Studios, Hungarofilm)".[ dead link ]
- ↑ Review: Marcell Jankovics’s Son of the White Mare on Arbelos Films Blu-ray - Slant Magazine