What is this European kids' movie I saw in the mid 70s?
November 15, 2020 7:37 PM Subscribe
Sometime between probably 1974 and 1976 my dad took my sister and I to a movie that we remember as being European (for some reason, my sister and I remember it as being Hungarian, but that may not be true).
The main thing I remember about it was at the end, kids were on some playground equipment, and it either went into space, or they imagined that it would. I also remember that it was weird enough that even at a young age, our response after we saw it was "what the heck was THAT?". We saw it at a mainstream theatre, so I don't think it was some kind of arthouse movie. It may have been partly animated. I've looked at lists of kids' movies released in those years and didn't find anything that fit the description.
The main thing I remember about it was at the end, kids were on some playground equipment, and it either went into space, or they imagined that it would. I also remember that it was weird enough that even at a young age, our response after we saw it was "what the heck was THAT?". We saw it at a mainstream theatre, so I don't think it was some kind of arthouse movie. It may have been partly animated. I've looked at lists of kids' movies released in those years and didn't find anything that fit the description.
This is a long shot, but in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 1968, there is a flying car.
posted by jazh at 11:18 PM on November 15, 2020
posted by jazh at 11:18 PM on November 15, 2020
Flight of the Navigator, from 1986, was filmed in Norway but is otherwise pretty American in flavor. I thought of it and Explorers, both, at your description. But that's waaay later. Sorry.
posted by girlbowler at 11:21 PM on November 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by girlbowler at 11:21 PM on November 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
There’s a Russian kids-in-space movie from 1975 called A Great Space Voyage. Fits the time period but I don’t know if it ever showed up in any theaters in the US.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 12:09 AM on November 16, 2020
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 12:09 AM on November 16, 2020
The Little Prince? It’s a lateral guess but the timing is right.
posted by warriorqueen at 12:23 AM on November 16, 2020
posted by warriorqueen at 12:23 AM on November 16, 2020
Not European, but I had a similar "What the heck?" reaction to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).
posted by steef at 5:48 AM on November 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by steef at 5:48 AM on November 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
There were a surprising amount of Eastern European fantasy / children's films that were released dubbed in the West in English during the 60's and 70s (Hahó, Öcsi! / Tony and the Tick-Tock Dragon comes to mind). Are you sure about the Hungarian part? And it included live action and animation?
posted by Ashwagandha at 7:49 AM on November 16, 2020
posted by Ashwagandha at 7:49 AM on November 16, 2020
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