The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
1952 · Animation · 63 min · dir. Paul and Pierre Grimault
A modern fairy story... for young and old!
- Comedy
- Animation
- Fantasy
Synopsis
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a ruthless dictator
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Paul and Pierre Grimault
- Writer
- Jacques Prévert
- Cinematography
- Paul Grimault
- Studio
- Les Gémeaux, Clarges Distributors
- Released
- 1953-05-29
- Original title
- La bergère et le ramoneur
- Running time
- 63 minutes
Cast & crew
- Paul and Pierre Grimault Director
Pierre Brasseur
Serge Reggiani
Anouk Aimée
Fernand Ledoux
Etienne Decroux
Roger Blin
Yves Deniaud
Marcel Pérès
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Wonderbird wonderful · Arch Stanton · 2008-04-02
Animator and actor Paul Grimault, who appeared in Vigo's 'L'Atalante' (1934), suggested to Jacques Prevert just after the last war that they tackle an adaption of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Shepherdess and The Chimneysweep. The result was a remarkably little-known (at least amongst English and American film lovers) animated feature, La Bergère et Le Ramoneur,(1952) reissued as Le Roi et L'oiseau (1979). It has also been called by the considerably more crass title 'The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird', or even the bald 'Mr Wonderbird To The Rescue', for its rare surfacings on…
★★ · Probably the worst version of this forgotten classic, but still quite important! · [JJ]Albert · 2010-08-10
This is most likely one of the worse english film adaptions I've ever seen, and I thought I've seen worse. However, I feel obliged to say that if you are as interested in this film's history as I am, then you might at least want to watch this cut of the original film, to see what Grimault snipped from his definitive version released a few decades later. Otherwise, I'd just stick to the later cut, which although is in french, is higher quality, and with a less annoying voice cast.
