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The King and the Mockingbird

Name: The King and the Mockingbird
Director: Paul Grimault
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1980
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Jean Martin, Renaud Marx, Agnès Viala, Pascal Mazzotti, Albert Médina

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.

1980 · Directed by Paul Grimault · 83 min · Animation · Family · Fantasy · 35 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Jacques Prévert, Paul Grimault
Written by: Paul Grimault
Cinematography: Gérard Soirant
Edited by: Paul Grimault
Music: Wojciech Kilar
Produced by: André Sarrut, Robert Dorfmann

Cast

Jean Martin as L’oiseau (voice)
Renaud Marx as Le ramoneur (voice)
Agnès Viala as La bergère (voice)
Pascal Mazzotti as Le roi (voice)
Albert Médina as Le belluaire / Le haut hurleur (voice)
Philippe Derrez as Le liftier / Le speaker (voice)
Raymond Bussières as Le chef de la police (voice)
Roger Blin as L’aveugle (voice)
Claude Piéplu as Le maire du palais (voice)
Hubert Deschamps as Le sentencieux (voice)

Production

Country: France
Language: French
Studios: Les Films Paul Grimault, Les Films Gibé, Antenne 2
Themes: magic, fairy tale, royalty, impossible love, visual poetry

On this film

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