The communist bloc's most chaotic cartoon cop solves crimes with a computer that smokes cigarettes.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestPityke is a Hungarian animation about Hungarian police and funny crime stories for children and the young.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn communist Budapest backgrounds hit different.
Sound
Kern's voice work makes Pityke weirdly iconic.
Writing
Five directors somehow made coherent gentle satire.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pityke emerged during Hungary's 'Goulash Communism' era, when state media relaxed enough to allow gentle self-mockery of institutions.
András Kern became Hungary's most ubiquitous voice actor; this was his breakthrough. The Komputer character was voiced through a modified telephone exchange to sound mechanical.
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