
Hugo
Directed by Otmar Gutmann
Hugo (also known as Pingu Test Film) is an animated short which was the start of what later became the Pingu television series. It was shown on Swiss television network, Schweizer Fernsehen, on October 28th 1980, as an ident that would play before advertisments. The original airing had audio with narration provided by an unknown voice actor, but later releases omitted it.
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