Animal Farm poster

Animal Farm( 1954)

TV-MAAnimationDrama
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He's got the world in an UPROAR!

Overview

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gordon Heath

      Narrator (voice)

    2. cast image

      Maurice Denham

      All animals (voice)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed May 08 2024
    George Orwell's politics were always front and centre of his work, but never more so, I reckon, that with this adaptation from Halas & Batchelor. It all starts in the farm where the farmer is a bit of a waste of space. Usually in the pub whilst the animals - pigs, horses, chickens, geese - are routinely neglected and left unfed. The "Old Major" calls a meeting to organise a plan of action, but he goes off to the big sty in the sky (not that Orwell would have believed in such a place) and that leaves "Snowball" in charge and they decide to quite entertainingly depose the useless farmer and do th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    350000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • farm
    • corruption
    • based on novel or book
    • revolution
    • governance
    • uprising
    • oppression
    • fable
    • adult animation
    • stalinism
    • talking pig
    • farm animals
    • power abuse
    • political propaganda
    • bafta-nominated