Babar: The Movie (1989)

  • G
  • 07/28/1989 (US)
  • Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
  • 1h 10m

A feature-length adventure that's fit for a king!

Overview

Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.

John de Klein

Screenplay

Peter Sauder

Screenplay, Story

J.D. Smith

Screenplay

Raymond Jafelice

Screenplay

Jean de Brunhoff

Characters

Patrick Loubert

Story

Michael Hirsh

Story

Laurent de Brunhoff

Characters

Alan Bunce

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Gordon Pinsent's headshot

Gordon Pinsent

King Babar
Elizabeth Hanna's headshot

Elizabeth Hanna

Queen Celeste / The Lady
Lisa Yamanaka's headshot

Lisa Yamanaka

Isabelle
Marsha Moreau's headshot

Marsha Moreau

Flora
Bobby Becken's headshot

Bobby Becken

Pom
Amos Crawley's headshot

Amos Crawley

Alexander
Gavin Magrath's headshot

Gavin Magrath

Boy Babar
Sarah Polley's headshot

Sarah Polley

Young Celeste

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