TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rey, David
T1  - Laughing at the Dictator. Franco and Franco’s Spain in the Spanish Blockbuster „Mortadelo y Filemón“
T2  - Zeithistorische Forschungen – Studies in Contemporary History
N2  - The Spanish motion picture “La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón” (2003) is not a historical film, no matter what definition of ‘historical film’ one might use. Instead, “Mortadelo y Filemón” (M&F) is the cinematic adaptation of the most successful Spanish comic book series ever published2 its significance to Spanish popular culture reflected by the spectacular box office records achieved by its cinematic counterpart. Moreover, and in contrast to the things we usually understand as ‘historical film’ - as well to the conventions of cinematic realism -, M&F is a cartoon-like histrionic comedy like no other; characters get smashed to the ground by a falling piano, only to later be “inflated” back to life, much in the style of the Warner Brothers’ „Loony Toons.“
Y1  - 2004
UR  - https://zeitgeschichte-digital.de/doks/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2037
UR  - https://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/3-2004/4654
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 453
EP  - 461
PB  - ZZF – Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -