Paul Grimault — Playwright (8)
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The King and the Mockingbird (1980) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Roi et l'Oiseau
director: Paul Grimault actor: Jean Martin / Renaud Marx …
other title: Il re e l'uccello / O Rei e o Pássaro …
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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Turning Table (1988) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
La Table tournante
director: Paul Grimault / Jacques Demy actor: Paul Grimault / Mathieu Demy …
other title: La Table tournante
On a winter night, the author of "The King and the Mockingbird" is visited by the cartoon characters he created in his studio. Along with a little clown, he screens a selection of his favorite shorts
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The Passengers of Ursa Major (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Les Passagers de la Grande Ourse
director: Paul Grimault
other title: Les Passagers de la Grande Ourse / Les passagers de la Grande Ourse
A futuristic cruise ship with a crew of robots is ready to take its first flight. A boy follows his curious dog on board of the ship, but then the ship takes off. The robots sees the boy as a blind passenger and try to get him off the flying ship.
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The Diamond (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Diamant
director: Paul Grimault
other title: Le Diamant / Le diamant
The cruel Professor Savantas invites himself into an oasis cut off from the world to recover a huge diamond, which is the totem of the indigenous population and the keystone of the magical balance of the place.
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The Dog Who Loved Music (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le Chien mélomane
director: Paul Grimault
other title: Le Chien mélomane / Le chien mélomane
In Paul Grimault's satire of the arms trade, the dealer is alerted to the breakout of war by a signal on his map, so travels in turn to each of two warring countries (his journey is traced for us on the map), selling to each the means of destroying its neighbour. —The Cine-Tourist
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The Little Soldier (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Petit Soldat
director: Paul Grimault
other title: Den lille soldat / Le Petit Soldat
A budding romance between two toy dancers is put into dangers when the boy is conscripted into the toy army.