Watership Down
Brief Synopsis
When their home is destroyed, a group of rabbits fight to survive in a violent world.
Cast & Crew
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Martin Rosen
Director
John Hurt
Hazel
Richard Briers
Fiver
Michael Graham Cox
Bigwig
Nigel Hawthorne
Voice
Richard O'callaghan
Voice
Film Details
Also Known As
Den långa flykten, Waterschapsheuvel, folle escapade
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Adaptation
Animation
Foreign
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Sound
Dolby
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Synopsis
The home of a colony of rabbits is threatened with destruction by human developers. Hoping to escape and to save their community, the rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
Director
Martin Rosen
Director
Cast
John Hurt
Hazel
Richard Briers
Fiver
Michael Graham Cox
Bigwig
Nigel Hawthorne
Voice
Richard O'callaghan
Voice
Mary Maddox
Voice
Lynn Farleigh
Voice
Ralph Richardson
Voice
Denholm Elliott
Voice
Simon Cadell
Voice
Joss Ackland
Voice
John Bennett
Voice
Hannah Gordon
Voice
Michael Hordern
Voice
Zero Mostel
Voice
Terence Rigby
Voice
Harry Andrews
Voice
Roy Kinnear
Voice
Clifton Jones
Voice
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Film Details
Also Known As
Den långa flykten, Waterschapsheuvel, folle escapade
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Adaptation
Animation
Foreign
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Sound
Dolby
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Articles
Watership Down
When their home is destroyed, a group of rabbits fight to survive in a violent world.
Watership Down
When their home is destroyed, a group of rabbits fight to survive in a violent world.
Quotes
Men have always hated us.- Blackberry
No. They just destroyed the warren because we were in their way.- Holly
They'll never rest until they've spoiled the earth.- Fiver
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when ever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you: digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.- Frith
O Frith on the hills! He made it all for us!- Dandelion
Frith may have made it, but Fiver found it.- Hazel
Lord Frith, you've done so much for me already, and I know it's wrong to ask for even more now, but my people are in terrible danger. I propose a bargain: my life for theirs.- Hazel
There is not a day that goes by when a doe does not offer her life for her kittens, or an honest officer of an Owsla his life for his chief's, but there will be no bargain. What is is what must be.- Frith
Bigwig, you traitoress!- General Woundwort
Captain, get this miserable group back to their marks. I'll settle you myself, Bigwig. There's no need to take you back.- General Woundwort
Come and try, you cracked-brain slave driver!- Bigwig
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in USA on video.
Re-released in Munich November 15, 1990.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
