Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

  • G
  • 11/23/1938 (US)
  • Animation, Comedy, Family
  • 8m

Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.

Overview

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

Dick Rickard

Director

Robert Lawson

Novel

Munro Leaf

Novel

Martin Provensen

Characters

Cast

Milt Kahl's headshot

Milt Kahl

Ferdinand (voice)
Don Wilson's headshot

Don Wilson

Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney's headshot

Walt Disney

Ferdinand's Mother (voice)

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