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Elpidio Valdés is a cartoon character and comic, who starred in a number of features, shorts and strips of the same name. It was created in 1970 by cartoonist and Cuban filmmaker Juan Padrón, considered the father of Cuban film animation and director of the first three animated feature films produced by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry.
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Elpidio Valdes is a mambí colonel fighting for the liberation of their homeland from Spanish colonialism, commanding a squadron of cavalry, and represents the Cuban peasants in the 19th century slaves joined, and some landowners to form the Army of liberation.
It owes its name to Cecilia Valdés, Cuban protagonist of a novel of the 19th century.
Elpidio Valdes was intended to strengthen among Cuban children and youth a particular state view of an alleged authentic expression of the characters of the Cuban nationality.
Plot
Elpidio Valdés was born in the 1870s, in a field of battle during the Ten Years' War. Mambí son of an officer and a peasant woman. In 1895, he joined the Liberation Ejército the beginning of the War of Independence. His father caught in an ambush at the beginning of the war, in which his mother continued to work in exile. Reach the rank of colonel and survives the end of the war and during the Republic. He married in full battle with his girlfriend Maria Silvia with whom he has a son.
The character's story is told in three films made about it.
Characters
The following characters accompany Elpidio in his adventures.
Production
The creator, writer and senior editor of the series is Juan Padrón. They have also participated as directors Tulio Raggi, Mario Rivas and Juan Ruiz.
The theme song from the original series Ballad of Elpidio is composed and performed by Silvio Rodríguez about the music of Lucas de la Guardia. The theme of the second film and the second and third series of short films is Daniel Longrés.
Elpidio voices and several of the characters are Cuban actor Frank Gonzalez. Other voices or actors brought the actors bring Tony Gonzalez, Manuel Marin, Eddy Vidal, Maria Eugenia Garcia, Irela Bravo, Juan Julio Alfonso, Teresita Rúa and Erdwin Fernández.
Movies and TV series
1970s
1980s
1990s and 2000s
Print Edition
The comic strip appeared in 1970 in the Pionero magazine and during the 1980s was published monthly in the magazine Zunzún.