Mar 19, 1980
83 min
Full-HD

The King and the Mockingbird (1980)

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.

Category

Animation Family Fantasy

Country

France

Companies

Les Films Paul Grimault Les Films Gibé Antenne 2

Jean Martin

L’oiseau (voice)

Renaud Marx

Le ramoneur (voice)

Agnès Viala

La bergère (voice)

Pascal Mazzotti

Le roi (voice)

Albert Médina

Le belluaire / Le haut hurleur (voice)

Philippe Derrez

Le liftier / Le speaker (voice)

Raymond Bussières

Le chef de la police (voice)

Roger Blin

L’aveugle (voice)

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