Jungle Book (1942)

Directed by

Zoltan Korda

Genre

fantasy film, action film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A feral boy named Mowgli is taken from the jungle by villagers. They are cruel to animals and try to steal a cursed treasure. Mowgli must survive their greed.

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What happens

Jungle Book or Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is a 1942 American action-adventure film in Technicolor independently produced by the Korda brothers and loosely adapted from Rudyard Kipling's 1894 story collection The Jungle Book. The story centers on Mowgli, a feral youth who is kidnapped by villagers who are cruel to the jungle animals as they attempt to steal a dead king's cursed treasure. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by his brother Alexander, with art direction by their younger brother Vincent. The screenplay was adapted by Laurence Stallings. The film stars Indian-born actor Sabu as Mowgli. Although the film is in public domain, the master 35mm elements are with ITV Studios Global Entertainment. An official video release is via The Criterion Collection. The cinematography was by Lee Garmes and W. Howard Greene and the music was by Miklos Rozsa. Because of World War II, the Korda brothers moved their filmmaking to Hollywood in 1940, and Jungle Book is one of the films they produced during that Hollywood period. The film was a commercial success at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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