Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.
Writing
Fairy godmother who punishes children with body horror. No Disney softening here.
Director
József Gémes
Levente Igaz
Vili, a verébbé változott fiú (voice)
Klári Tolnay
Verbéna, a tündér (voice)
József Székhelyi
Cip úr, az idős veréb (voice)
Eszter Kárász
Füles, Vili húga (voice)
Cecília Esztergályos
Cili, a macska (voice)
Mátyás Usztics
Spagyi, a főveréb (voice)
József Gyabronka
Csures, Spagyi alvezére (voice)
Tibor Szilágyi
Krampusz, a kandúr (voice)
Ildikó Hüvösvölgyi
Csiperke, veréblány (voice)
Sándor Suka
Zsozsó, a másik részeges patkány (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Willy the Sparrow was Hungary's most expensive animated feature at the time, meant to compete with Disney—hence the surprisingly dark moral complexity that American family films avoided.
The original Hungarian title 'Vili, a veréb' literally means 'Vili the Sparrow'—the English dub renamed him Willy and gave him a whole new voice personality. Purists rage.
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