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The King and the Mockingbird

Original title: Le Roi et l'Oiseau

  • Movie
  • 1980
  • 1h 23m

Directed by Paul Grimault

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 431 votes

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Overview

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

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Cast and crew

  • Jean Martin

    Jean MartinL’oiseau (voice)

  • Renaud Marx

    Renaud MarxLe ramoneur (voice)

  • Agnès VialaLa bergère (voice)

  • Pascal Mazzotti

    Pascal MazzottiLe roi (voice)

  • Albert Médina

    Albert MédinaLe belluaire / Le haut hurleur (voice)

  • Philippe DerrezLe liftier / Le speaker (voice)

  • Raymond Bussières

    Raymond BussièresLe chef de la police (voice)

  • Roger Blin

    Roger BlinL’aveugle (voice)

  • Claude Piéplu

    Claude PiépluLe maire du palais (voice)

  • Hubert Deschamps

    Hubert DeschampsLe sentencieux (voice)

  • Jeanne Witta(Voice)

  • Jacques Colombat

    Jacques Colombat(Voice)

  • Jean Vimenet(Voice)

  • Lionel Charpy

    Lionel Charpy(Voice)

  • Robert Lombard

    Robert Lombard(Voice)

  • Jean Mermet(Voice)

  • Vincent Montrobert(Voice)

  • Pierre Risch

    Pierre Risch(Voice)

Director
Paul Grimault
Writer
Paul Grimault, Jacques Prévert and Hans Christian Andersen
Music
Wojciech Kilar
Cinematography
Gérard Soirant