Animal Farm (1954)

Directed by

Joy Batchelor, John Halas

Genre

satire, drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

G

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 554 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Farm animals rebel against their human owner and take over the farm. They start with ideals of equality but the pigs gradually become corrupt and oppressive.

satiricalbleaksomberslow-burndidacticunsettlingstarkthought-provoking

What happens

Animal Farm is a 1954 animated film directed and produced by John Halas and Joy Batchelor, funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who also revised the original script. Based on the 1945 novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, the film is narrated by Gordon Heath, with the voices of animals provided by Maurice Denham. The rights for a film adaptation were purchased from Orwell's widow, Sonia, after she was approached by agents working for the Office of Policy Coordination, a branch of the CIA that used culture to combat communism. Despite being a box office failure, taking fifteen years to generate a profit, the film became a staple in classrooms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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