Despertaferro
Also known as: Despertaferro, el Grito del Fuego
- Studio
- Equip Producciones, Maran Film.
Support: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya , Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Fundació Serveis de Cultura Popular, Ministerio de Cultura, Institut Català de Finances, Olimpíada Cultural Barcelona '92 - Distributor
- Laurenfilm
Synopsis
A 12-year-old boy named Lluria travels back in time, riding on the back of Xiulet, Antoni Gaudi's tiled dragon from the fountain in Barcelona's Guell Park (and assisted by a talking mushroom called Allioli!) to persuade the Almogavers to give up warfare and return to Catalonia. In the course of his quest, he meets the Almogaver leader Roger de Flor, a beautiful princess called Blanca, the magician Ramon Llull and the Magi.
Characters
Ramón Llull, Allioli, Llúria, Rocafort, Princesa Blanca, Rei Blanc, Rei Ros, Rei Negre
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jordi Amorós
- Assistant Director
- Toni Torronteras
Producing
- Producer
- Lolita Fernández, Ana Manrubia, A.M. Tolra, S.M. Tolra (Associate Producers)
- Executive Producer
- Isona Passola
Writing
- Writer
- Carles Andreu, Benet Rossell
Voices
- Voice
- Joan Borràs (Ramón Llull), María Moscardó (Allioli), Roger Pera (Llúria), Arseni Corsellas Arsenio Corsellas (Rocafort), Teresa Soler (Princesa Blanca), Toni Cruz (Rei Blanc), Josep Maria Mainat (Rei Ros), Miquel Àngel Pascual (Rei Negre), Enric Arquimbau, Enric Casamitjana, Joan Crosas, Pep Cruz, Jordi Dauder, Francesc Figuerola, Toni Forteza, Emili Freixas Emilio Freixas, Manuel Lázaro, Ana María Solsona, Josep Madreu, Glòria Posada, J. Anton Ramoneda, Pep Sais, Enric Serra, Jordi Serrat, Toni Sevilla
Music
- Music
- Carles Cases, Lluís Llach, Carles Cases, Lluís Llach
Animation
- Animation Directors
- Jorge Benedetti, Valentí Domènech Valentín Doménech, Roberto García José Solís
- Animator
- Mª Elena Arias María Elena Arias, Pedro Delgado, Albert García, Ángel García, Luciano Marcato, Ezequiel Martín, Pepita Pardell, Baltasar Pedrosa, Imma Puig Inma Puig, Julià Tarragó Julián Tarragó, Josep Torres, Toni Torronteras, Dirk van de Vondel, Mª Elena Arias María Elena Arias, Pedro Delgado, Albert García, Ángel García, Luciano Marcato, Ezequiel Martín, Pepita Pardell, Baltasar Pedrosa, Imma Puig, Julià Tarragó, Josep Torres, Toni Torronteras, Dirk van de Vondel
- Layout Artists
- Adolfo Usero, Enrique Ventura
- Assistant Animators
- Lluís C. Arqués, Ion Arreche, Ramon A. Barba, Marc Benguerel, Jesús Borrego, Sergi Cámara, Roger Casanovas, José Castillo, Tomàs Cutillas, Jordi de Mier, Francisco Domingo, Darío Durán, Frank Emery, Eloy Espejo, F. Manuel Eugenio Francisco Eugenio, Gene Gordo, Manuel Granados, Mateo Guerreros Mateo Guerrero, Birgit Haacke, Mauricio Liso, Jordi Llorca, Carlos López, J. Javier López, Gerardo Losilla, J. Luis Losilla Josep Losilla, J. Manuel Martin, Núria Masip, Meritxell Massana, Ignacio Meneu, Abraham Meneu Abraham Meneu Oset, Alfons Moliné, David Parcerisa David Parcerisas, J. Antonio Pascual, Lucy Penélope, Olga Pérez, Yolanda Pérez, Josefa Picas, Francisco Puerta, J. Manuel Quintas, Sergio San Julián, Joaquim Solà, Armando Vidal, Marc Luque Vila, Ramon Vilella, Tomás Wells
- Assistant Animators (Second Unit)
- Francisco Alvares Francisco Álvarez, Maxim Broges, Miguel Angel Canosa, Ana Carmona, Antonio Casais, Grisel Garcia, Mª Jesús Gisoso, Mª Del Carmen González, Mariano López, Miguel Martínez, Jesus Enrique Minguet, Oscar Montero, Borja Montero, Jose Mª Morcillo, David Prieto-Puga, Mª Jesús Ramírez, Auxiliadora Villafuertes
- Animation Assistant
- David Navarro
- Animation Coordinators (Second Unit)
- Jesús Colomina, Miguel Angel Fuertes Miguel A. Fuertes, David González, Emilio Luján, Ángel Marcano, Germán Michelena
- Xerographers
- Pilar Gómez, Mª Eugenia Martínez, Ismael Martín, Gabriel Ortega, Esther Rodríguez, Mª Carmen Rubio, Ferran Viladevall
- Inbetween Supervisor
- Jordi Guasch
- Color Timer
- Manuel Fontes
Art Department
- Storyboard Artist
- Jordi Amorós, Enrique Ventura
- Character Designer
- Enrique Ventura
- Background Artists
- Antoni Deu, Miguel Ibáñez, Joaquim Royo, Salvador Sans, Enrique Ventura
- Models
- Joan Amorós Castillo
- Color Designer
- Fabiola Belzunegui
- Background Designer
- Enrique Ventura
- Paint and Cel Services
- A. Vallejo Products
Visual Effects
- Rendering/Shadow Artists
- Roshanak Amirian, Lídia Aparicio, Miquel Aurich, Anna Mª Batalla, Jorge Belles, Marcel Bolaño, Jordi Buyreu, Olga Carazo, Sonia Carazo, J. Carlos Casadesus Carlos Casadesús, Rosa-Maria Curtó, Paco Daranas, Leonardo Fernández, Ignasi Ferrer, Anna Font, Maria Teresa Fornell, Sònia Fort, Núria Gilart, Olga González, Sonia Herrera, Aurora Lago, René Leon, Rafael Mallor, Marta Mariño, Isabel M. Martínez, Ramir Martínez, Ursula Menke, Valeria Mesina, Carme Nadal, Marina Parellada, Elisenda Pi, Mª Helena Puigdemasa María Helena Puigdemasa, Paula Reznickova, Elena Sánchez, Luis Sánchez, Mercedes Sánchez, Rafael Sánchez, Eulalià Sariola, María del Mar Trepat, Lucía Vidal, Pedro Viudez, Philomine Winstanley
- Rendering Artists
- Alí Garousi, Ivan Olguin
- Rendering Assistants
- Ersi Samara, Tony Toribio
- Special Effects
- Alí Garousi, Ivan Olguin
- Special Effects Assistants
- Ersi Samara, Tony Toribio
- Optical Effects Assistant
- Xavier Font
Camera
- Camera Operator
- Carlos González
- Assistant Camera
- Sergi Grau, Sergio Lorente, Marc Mallol, Enric Marín, Ramón Rotllan, Xavi Royo
- Line Test Camera
- Sergi Grau
Editing
- Editor
- Emilio Ortiz
- Negative Cutter
- José Pérez
Sound
- Sound Mixer
- Joan Vidal
- Sound Consultant (Harrison)
- Ronald F. Burke
- Stereo Sound Consultant (Dolby)
- Ray Guillon
- Sound Effects Recordist
- Ian Sasplugas
- Sound Effects Pre-Mixer
- Hermes Serrano
- Sound Effects Programmer
- Hermes Serrano
- Sound Effects
- Kiku Vidal
- Dialogue Recordist
- Ricard Marcos
- Dialogue Recording and Mixing
- Gest Music
- Optical Sound
- Sincronía
- Music Recordist
- Juanjo Tortosa
Music Department
- Executive Music Producer
- Joan Molas
- Musical Director
- Carles Cases
- Music Arranger
- Carles Cases
- Music Assembler
- Jordi Alexandri
- Music Engineers
- Paco Benagues, Enric Català
- Music Recording
- Estudis Gema
Production Management
- Color Assistant Coordinator (Second Unit)
- Elia Méndez
- Production Administrators
- Víctor Amorós, Agustí Cortadellas
- Production Assistants
- Laura Carles, Pilar Fatjó, Ascención Romero
Crew
- Production Director
- Àngels Carafí
- Coloring Supervisors
- Rosa-Maria Amorós Rosa María Amorós, Enriqueta Aparici Enri Aparici, Núria Puig
- Color Assistants (Second Unit)
- Paloma Antón, Julia García, Encarnación Mendez, Sandra Navarro, Angeles Sanz
- Character Stylists
- Alfons Borillo, Antoni Deu Toni Deu, Felip Orozco, J. Antoni P. Mascaró, Pepe Rubio, Josep-Mª Martin Sauri, Xavi Socias, Adolfo Usero, Mª Carme Vila
- Color Trace Artists
- Rosa-Maria Amorós Rosa María Amorós, Maria-Pilar Belzunegui, Salvador Benet, Elena Falsone, Alberto Mayol, Marta Moragas, Gabriel Ortega, Margarita Parera, Jose L. Romo
- Color Artists
- Marie Anne Aimée, Estrella Alcorn, Lídia Amo, Maria-Isabel Andreu, Graciela Aragó, Mireia Aras, Mercedes Arellano, Juana Arias, Marta Artigues, Josep-Maria Bassas, Lourdes Bassas, Elisenda Belda, Georgina Belda, Lourdes Belda, Mª Rosa Blanco Rosa Blanco, Carmen Bufi, Josefina Canalda, Rosa-Maria Cañameras, F. Xavier Capell, Joan Carafí, Concepción J. Castaño, Mª Belén Checa, Aura Costa, Débora Dalmau, Pedro P. Domínguez, Gloria Duarte, Mireia Duran, María Egea, Cori Escoda, Elisabeth Escolà, Marta Esteve, Antonio Fernández, Montserrat Flix, Anna Fuentes, Mª Cruz García, Eulalià Garre, Mª Teresa Lagunas María Teresa Lagunas, Mª Josefa Iglesia, Marta Gili, Encarnación Guillermo, Enriqueta Herbert, Mª Teresa Hernández, Marta Hierro, Esther Jodar, Lourdes Labara, Diego Leiva, Nuria Lombarte, Jose Mª López Jose María López, Ester Madriles, Cristina Martí, Barbara Martín, Núria Maseras, Neus Moliner, Sara Moraleda, Ana Mª Muñoz, Mª Luisa Muñoz, Juan F. Navo, Montserrat Noguera, Susana Ortiz, Marta Pampalona, Xavier Pastallé, Beatrice Yvonne Pauchon, Aurora Periane, Mariona Porta, Anna-Mireia Prats, Cristina Puig, Regina Puig, Carolina Ricou, Francisca Ritchart, Eulalia Rodríguez María Eulàlia Rodríguez, Marta Roig, David Roura, Júlia Rubert, Carmen Ruíz, Anna Thomson, Magalí Thomson, Moira Wieland
- Production Advisor
- Josep-Maria Puigvert
- Titles
- Joan Barjau
- Technical Supervisors
- Concha Belzunegui, Toni Cabezas
- Assistant Technical Supervisors
- Pilar Belzunegui, Montse Carles, Pilar Fatjó Pili Fatjó, Rafaela Sánchez
- Technical Assistants
- Lydia Cabezas, Teresa Vilarrubias
- Studio Maintenance
- Mª Jesús de la Iglesia, Benigna García
- Reference Voices
- Jordi Estadella, Glòria Roig
- Administrative Assistant
- Dolors García
- Administrative Collaboration
- Lliteras, Nova Àrea de Serveis
- Linguistic Advisor
- Albert Jané
- Archivist
- Mauri Martín
- Dubbing Director
- Ernest Serrahima
- Acknowledgements
- Bob Balser, Claude Bassy, O.M. Escofet, Pere Fages, Víctor García, Enrique Izar, Albert Jané, Fermí Marimón Fermín Marimón, Ramon Muntaner, Steve Neive, Diego Nuñez, Joan-Ignasi Rubert, I.M. Santos Delamadrid, Mario Sol Muntañola, Ricardo Stern
- Dedicatees
- Toni Cabezas i Rectoret Antonio Cabezas, Catalunya Ràdio
- Trumpet
- Miquel del Amo
- Keyboards and Synthesizers
- Carles Cases
- Oboe
- Caetano Castaño
- Violin
- Joan Morera
- Percussion
- Lluís Ribalta
- Director (Cors de l'Orfeó Manresà)
- Lluís Llach
- Laboratory Technician
- Manuel Millán
- Laboratory
- Cinematiraje Riera
Companies and other credits
- Character Stylists: Julio Antonio R. Poqui Antonio Ramos Poquí
- Acknowledgements: Drac Màgic/Cavall Fort/Rialles
- Acknowledgements: Studio Andreu
Production notes
The Almogavers were a fearsome mercenary army, loyal to Catalonia, who fought against the Moors, and conquered half of the Mediterranean in the 13th century. "Despertaferro!" was their battle cry: it means "Awake, iron!", and before a battle, they would strike their swords with flints, creating showers of sparks to unnerve the enemy.