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Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

Ferdinand the Bull poster
Directed by
Dick Rickard
Genre
animation, comedy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rated
G
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 216 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young bull named Ferdinand prefers smelling flowers over fighting. He is taken to a bullring in Madrid where his peaceful nature surprises everyone.

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What happens

Ferdinand the Bull is a 1938 American stand-alone animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on November 25, 1938, by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Dick Rickard and based on the 1936 book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. The music was by Albert Hay Malotte, most known for his setting of The Lord's Prayer, commonly sung at weddings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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