The Water Babies (1978)

105 min · Animated Film, Drama, Fantasy, Komödie, children's film, fantasy film

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Directors

Lionel Jeffries

Cast

Bernard Cribbins, James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates

The story

Tom is a 12-year-old orphan living in York in the mid-19th century. He is taken under the wing of Grimes, a roguish chimney sweep, as he is small enough to climb inside the chimneys. One day, they leave town and go to Harthover Hall, a huge country house set in vast grounds.

Catalogue themes and tags

Chimney Sweeper, Eel, Fish, Gefängnis, Gelddieb, Raub, River, Waisenkinder, Wasser, Watercourses, hai, Family Film, Children's/Family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Animation

Genres

Animated Film, Drama, Fantasy, Komödie, children's film, fantasy film

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