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The Dog, the General, and the Birds (2003)
Directed by Francis Nielsen
Animation · 1h 15m
A long time ago, a young Russian general chose to sacrifice hundreds of birds to burn Moscow and save his motherland from the troops of Napoleon. For this feat, he was hailed as a hero by the people of Russia but regarded an executioner by the winged creatures. Now fifty years older the aging general leads a drab life. To make matters worse, the descendants of the sacrificed birds keep attacking him. One day however a meets an engaging little dog who soon becomes his faithful companion. Both friends decide to break the curse plaguing the general's life : they start militating for all the caged birds of Russia to be set free.
Cast
Michel Elias
Philippe Noiret
François Jérosme
Marie Vincent
Tonino Guerra
Crew
- Director
- Francis Nielsen
- Screenplay
- Tonino Guerra
- Original Music Composer
- Andrea Guerra
Details
- Original title
- Le Chien, le général et les oiseaux
- Release date
- 2003-05-15
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Animation
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Canal+, CNC, Eurimages, Gam Films, Prima Film, Roissy Films, Solaris Film, Téva, RAI