Babar: The Movie (1989)

Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.

Released July 28, 1989 70 min 5+

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

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