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Thumbelina

1994

A gentle, storybook wander through a miniature world, full of odd suitors and small escapes, ending on a soft lesson about inner worth.

Directed by
Toshiyuki Hiruma
Genres
Animation
Overview
Thumbelina, barely bigger than a thumb, sets off on a journey with the wind to discover the world. She encounters two toads who want to keep her as their bride or daughter-in-law, a fish who helps her escape from this family idyll, a vain and superficial May beetle who also wants to marry her, and a field mouse who tries to set the girl up with a mole. Time and again, Thumbelina manages to escape. She learns that you have to fight for your happiness, that it is not outward appearances but inner values that make a person who they are.

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Directed by
Toshiyuki Hiruma
Genres
Animation
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • freedom
  • survival
  • love
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism1
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
animation
Directed by
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Languages
German

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