The Adventures of Pirx

Released by Magyar Televízió, it was directed by István Kazan [hu] and András Rajnai.

[1][2] While the "original" Pirx was shy and women are virtually absent from his tales, the Hungarian one had a love interest, a budding journalist, Glória, played by Szilvia Sunyovszky in all five episodes.

As Staszczyszyn put it: "The very first scene of the series leaves no doubt: a green pot with three skimmers attached pretends to be... a space station.

... "magnified lemon squeezers floating in space and clearly recognizable matchboxes parked in front of the Astronaut Academy.

"[2] This is explained by an extremely low budget: the scenery was set up on a table top, which was combined with actors' play using the "blue screen" technology.