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The King and the Mockingbird

Original title: Le roi et l'oiseau / The King and Mister Bird
1980 · 1 h 23 min
Directed by Paul Grimault
AnimationFamilyFantasy

Cast

Jean Martin Pascal Mazzotti Raymond Bussières Agnès Viala Renaud Marx Hubert Deschamps

Plot

A mockingbird befriends a shepherdess and a chimney sweep who flee the tyrannical king of Takicardia, in a dreamlike fairy tale based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep.

Sinekatalog’s take

A beautiful, surreal and influential animated classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (6,171 votes)
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