This year's Vodafone Christmas commercial, which draws attention to altruism and cooperation during the holidays, is already running on TV channels.
The heartwarming work is made absolutely lovable by the two acting legends, artificial snow in October and street scenes that seem familiar to everyone. With the help of the werkfilm, we can also take a look behind the scenes.
According to the story, "Nyikhaj" (Tibor Szilágyi) and "Vén bolond" (Gyula Bodrogi) are the owners of rival toy stores in a fairy-tale alley, reminiscent of Abszol's path in Harry Potter. As Christmas approaches, the two old men set out for themselves, giant teddy bears, wooden soldiers and wooden horses, small red racing cars shine in the decorated shop windows. The two grumpy owners tease each other in a kind of "Neighbour's Woman" style, Gyula Bodrogi even gets a huge amount of snow on his neck.
The turning point occurs when a group of children wanders into the street, looking longingly but resignedly at the shop windows. At that time, Bodrogi, who plays the "Old Fool" - putting aside the antagonism between the two shopkeepers - picks up the phone and calls "Nykhajt" to save the children's Christmas.
"The two furry hearts look at each other: Oh well. The children can play with the toys, and the two shops will be empty"
Bodrogi summed up the scene.
Despite sixty years of friendship, they played rivals
"A beautiful holiday, it's better to give than to receive, but it's better to receive..."
Gyula Bodrogi explains his views on the Christmas tree.
The Kossuth and two-time Jászai Mari award-winning actor was seen in productions such as the legendary Linda series, he was the voice of Süsü a sárkány and Maxipocak, he played in dozens of feature films - for example the second part of Üvegtigris - and serials, as well as performed in more than two hundred plays. He provided the dubbing voice of Sir Bedevere (Terry Jones) in Walking Gallop, as well as Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemon) in Someone Hot Loves Him.
"The story of the two toy stores, in addition to being a nice and humorous tale, conveys an important message. It shows that even two hairy-hearted, grumpy characters can put aside their grievances in order to jointly gift the children in the story. For me, this is also what Christmas is about: it feels good to give and celebrate in peace. It is a special pleasure for me that I could play this role with a true friend and old colleague, for which I am very grateful to the producers," he said.
"For us, it was a magical fairy-tale film in which, if not the main characters, we are characters and we can express the emotions; nevertheless, the commercial draws attention to an extremely important and current message" -
Tibor Szilágyi summed up his experiences related to filming.
Tibor Szilágyi remembers the rocking horse he got for Christmas, which he didn't dare go near because there were still fights going on in Buda. He calls experiencing the contrast between the celebration of love and the world war a kind of generational characteristic. The actor-director has also already received Kossuth and Jászai Mari awards. We could see him in both Üvegtigris, the Little City series, Esther's legacy, Szamba, he provided the Hungarian voice of Count Dooku (Christpher Lee), and he dubbed Walter Matthaut in The Odd Couple.
The work of dozens of people
The film is a production of Admiral Films, the producer duties were performed by András Csernóczki, the director was Márton Nyitrai. The basic idea was given by the immortal couple of the two old men teasing each other, Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau, who are not far from childish pranks.
The short film about the humanity of toy shopkeepers was filmed in Fót between October 6 and 8, while it was beautiful sunshine and 20 degrees in reality.
"It's always funny to work at Christmas under these conditions," said Márton Nyitrai, the director of the commercial. "We used as little artificial snow as possible, there is only a hint of snow in the scenes. Different types of artificial snow had to be used to cover the surfaces and to "cast" Gyula Bodrogi's neck, because in the second case it was important that it not only look like real snow on the ground, but also look similar when it falls, and not Do harm to Uncle Gyula."
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