Le Roi et l'oiseau
Paul Grimault
King Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI (Charles Fifth and Three make Eight and Eight make Sixteen) is a tyrant who rules over the kingdom of Takicardie. This king is in love with a charming shepherdess, but the young girl's heart is taken by the little chimneysweep (these two characters came out of paintings in the royal chamber, as well as the king who reigns after the police have chased the sweep and the princess). With the help of a bird, who usually mocks the king, they manage to escape from the royal palace, pursued by the police. The film poetically and gently narrates this chase.
Avec les voix de : Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala, Philippe Derrez, Roger Blin, Hubert Deschamps, Renaud Marx, Albert Medina, Claude Piéplu
Screenplay : Jacques Prévert, Paul Grimault d'après "La bergère et le ramoneur" de Hans Christian Andersen
Image : Gérard Soirant
Sound : Aline Asséo, René Chaussy
Music : Joseph Kosma, Wojciech Kilar
Editing : Paul Grimault
Decors : Paul Grimault, Lionel Charpy, Roger Duclent
Screenplay : Jacques Prévert, Paul Grimault d'après "La bergère et le ramoneur" de Hans Christian Andersen
Image : Gérard Soirant
Sound : Aline Asséo, René Chaussy
Music : Joseph Kosma, Wojciech Kilar
Editing : Paul Grimault
Decors : Paul Grimault, Lionel Charpy, Roger Duclent
Production : Les Films Paul Grimault, Les Films Gibé, Antenne 2
Distribution: Gebeka Films
Distribution: Gebeka Films
It took Paul Grimault several years to get everything he needed to make the film, starting in 1977. He also had to overcome the incredulity of many and the obvious technical difficulties, and also deal with the deaths of several of the people working on the film, including animators, artists, composer Joseph Kosma and Pierre Brasseur who was the voice of the Bird. The premier of the new film was on 19 March 1980 and Le Roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) won the 1979 Prix Louis Delluc. The film had more than 1.7 million entries when it was released.