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Animals United

1969 · 93 min

A gentle, colourful animated fable that turns a plea for peace into a playful, child-friendly adventure.

Directed by: Curt Linda
Genres: Animation
Starring: Georg Thomalla, Horst Sachtleben, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Overview: One day the animals become too colorful: war is constantly going on among the people. When Alois, the lion, learns that the 365th Peace Conference has just failed, the animals decide that it is high time to intervene: they call their own "animal" peace conference. With much courage and even more imagination, they develop a plan so that Frides can finally prevail among the people of the world ...

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Directed by: Curt Linda
Genres: Animation
Starring: Georg Thomalla, Horst Sachtleben, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
politics
justice
freedom
friendship
Places: fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Curt Linda
Written by: Curt Linda
Starring: Georg Thomalla, Horst Sachtleben, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Rosemarie Fendel, Bruni Löbel, Charles Regnier, Maria Landrock, Thomas Reiner
Music: Erich Ferstl
Cinematography: Ivan Masník, Wolfgang Dietrich
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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