"This film, which uses animation cells from the 1950s to 1980s, has undergone photochemical and digital restoration between January 2001 and July 2003" "Winner of the Prix Louis Delluc 1979" "Translated by Fingersmaster." "Enjoy!" "A co-production of..." "THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD" "Based on H.C. Andersen's The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep" "Scenario by..." "Dialogues by..." "Music by..." "Some images and 4 songs, lyrics by Jacques Prévert and music by Joseph Kosma, are taken from "The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep"" "directed by Paul Grimault and produced by la Société Gémeaux-André Sarrut" "A film by..." "To Jacques Prévert" "Ladies and Gentlemen..." "Oh, pardon me..." "The story, we have the honour and pleasure of telling you is an absolutely true story." "Perfectly true." "It happened to me... among others." "At that happy time I'd built my nest on top of the Great Palace of the immense Kingdom of Tackycardia." "At that time reigned King Charles the 5+3 is 8+8 is 16th of Tackycardia." "He was not a good king." "He detested everyone and everyone detested him." "Loneliness and hunting were his favourite pastimes." "Anyway, in a word, we were 'NOT' friends." "Here lies my dear wife, victim of an unfortunate hunting accident." "Bravo, bravo!" "Good shot!" "Long live His Majesty!" "Assassin!" "Indeed, I say it!" "And I mean it:" "A-ssa-ssin!" "And I add, you're a nasty piece of work!" "An absolute rotter!" "Really, what's the meaning of such behaviour?" "Shooting at poor folk!" "And they call this 'His Majesty'!" "Miserable wretch!" "How dare you take that tone with me?" "Oh, I ask you, why do I always run into such loony birds!" "First floor:" "Current Affairs, Litigations," "Royal Treasury, Gold-smithy, Public Treasury" "Levies  Taxes, Liquidation, Final Settlements, Royal Family." "State Prisons, Summer prison, Winter prison" "Autumn and Spring prisons." "Various penal colonies." "Military equipment, Ministry of War and Hostilities," "Under-secretary of Peace." "Miscellaneous Panoplies, Fireworks," "Last bullets, Furs, Bonnets, Hats, Peaked Caps," "Trumpets, Buffing Brushes, Drums." "Gendarmerie, Lavatory, Forcibly." "Great Royal Printing Works, Lettres de cachet, Taxes and Levies," "Civil prisons, Dungeons and Catacombs." "Lace-making and Puzzles, Parasols and Umbrellas." "Casino, Skeet-Shooting, Army Museum, Botanical Garden," "Gallery of Ancestors, Great Royal Workshops." "King's Night Shelter, King's Gallows Birds," "King's Hair Salon," "King's Chiropodist, King's Sauna, King's Great Luminescent Waters" "King's Chamber Music, King's Guard Trumpets." "His Majesty's new official painter!" "296th floor:" "His Majesty's Secret apartments." "Secret apartments... precisely!" "# The Ass, the King and I" "# We'll be dead tomorrow" "# The Ass, of hunger" "# The King, of boredom # and me, of love" "# The Ass, the King and I" "# We'll be dead tomorrow" "# The Ass, of hunger" "# The King, of boredom # and me, of love" "# In the month of May" "# Life is a cherry" "# Death is the pit" "# Love, a cherry tree" "# Sleep, sleep, little birds!" "# Dear little birdies." "# Dear little birdies." "# Sleep, sleep, little birds!" "# Dear little birdies." "# Papa is here to watch," "# Keep watch over your grain" "# Sleep, my little marvels," "# It will be day tomorrow" "# Sleep, sleep, little birds!" "# Dear little birdies Dear little birdies..." "# Sleep, sleep, little birds!" "# Dear little birdies Dear little birdies" "# The King is not sleepy" "# 'Cause he's afraid at night" "# Because of the earwigs" "# And because of the bats." "Ha, ha!" "# Sleep, sleep, little birds!" "# Dear little birdies." "Dear little birdies." "I don't like the King." "What do you expect?" "You can't like everyone!" "Especially if you don't know them." "How about you, who do you like?" "Me?" "I love only you." "And you?" "Same with me, I love only you too!" "You're the nicest chimney-sweep I ever knew." "And you're the prettiest shepherdess I ever saw." "Have you seen many others?" "No." "I haven't even dreamed of one." "Trust in my old experience..." "I've told you a hundred times..." "You're not made for each other." "First of all, you're not the same colour." "A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep?" "!" "It's out of the question!" "Out of the question!" "I love you, little shepherdess, and I am the King." "So, don't waste your time with this coalman." "I am the King, I love you, we must marry." "There's clearly no need to hesitate." "Right?" "It's obvious." "Besides, it's written in books." ""Shepherdesses marry Kings"" "End of discussion!" "I've decided." "The wedding will take place here, tonight, at the twelfth stroke of midnight." "I have spoken!" "Trust in my old experience, they won't go far." "Everything's locked up, here." "And besides, there's no door." "It's a little escapade of no importance." "Soon you'll see them return quicker than they left." "Shh!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Where are they?" "According to my old experience, I believe they left." "Ah!" "I'd never have believed it could be so beautiful." "Rest assured!" "The world is so big, they won't go far." "They're so young, they'll be afraid." "They will return." "Anyway, it's best to accept it since you can't leave here." "We'll see about that!" "There you are!" "My compliments!" "That was some dirty trick!" "What will I do, now, with a broken leg?" "A broken leg!" "A man of my age!" "And of my valour!" "You'll be sorry you did this!" "I don't know what's keeping me from kicking your backside!" "Police, Police!" "..." "Police!" "Police!" "Police!" "..." "Long live His Majesty!" "Awaiting your orders, Majesty." "What is the matter?" "A charming, little shepherdess, in whom I have a tender interest, was abducted by a wretched little chimney-sweep!" "I want!" "I order!" "I demand... that you find them quick!" "I have spoken!" "Oh, look!" "Birds!" "Oh, thank you, chimney-sweep!" "It was so kind of you to save my little boy." "He's a little careless." "He fell for the trap." "And it's not the first time it happened to him." "By the way my little friends, I advise you to be careful too." "There's no shortage of traps in this vast kingdom of Tackycardia!" "Traps for children, traps for birds, traps for..." "Why?" "You're not listening..." "You're looking at the world." "Well, sure it's worth seeing." "I'm telling you, I've travelled a lot!" "The world?" "!" "I've circled it." "I've seen the Niagara Falls, the Bells of Corneville, the Tower of London, the Place d'Italie in Paris, the Panama Canal and the Festival of Neuilly" "Wonders of the World." "Lesson number 4..." "Come, come, children!" "# The world is a wonder," "# There is the day and the night" "# With the moon and with the sun" "# With the stars and with the sounds" "# And as for windmills" "# There are those too." "# The world is a wonder," "# There is the day and the night" "# There's the sea which is so deep, # and the Earth which is so round" "Why is it round?" "Because it turns." "Why does it turn?" "Because it's round!" "How does it turn?" "Around the Sun!" "How strange!" "It usually takes her 24 hours to turn." "It's because you're new!" "She wants to please to you!" "Earth is very nice." "Yeah, I guess..." "Attention!" "Attention!" "Great reward offered!" "Attention!" "Attention!" "A charming shepherdess and a no-account chimney-sweep, no-account at all, are being sought by His Majesty's Royal Police," "King Charles the 5+3 is 8+8 is 16th of Tackycardia..." "Don't worry kids." "We've been through worse!" "Great reward offered!" "Attention!" "Attention!" "A charming shepherdess and a..." "Don't panic!" "If the things get complicated, call me!" "I'll come and fix things!" "But how will we call you?" "Just shout "Bird"!" "And the bird will come!" "Attention!" "Attention!" "Great reward..." "Bird!" "Bird!" "Bird!" "Don't stay here." "Follow me!" "Look!" "The elevator!" "Get on that." "It'll soon move." "I'll take care of it." "Gentlemen!" "Shepherdess and chimney-sweep" "Great reward?" "..." "I'm your man!" "Where are they?" "Up there, gentlemen!" "Follow me!" "Long live His Majesty!" "The chimney-sweep" "The shepherdess" "Long live His Majesty!" "Really now!" "What are the police doing?" "They should be able to find this little shepherdess." "Attention!" "Attention!" "Great reward offered!" "Attention!" "Attention!" "A charming shepherdess and a no-account chimney-sweep, no-account at all," "are being sought by His Majesty's Royal Police," "King Charles 5+3 is 8+8 is 16th of Tackycardia" "Arrest them!" "I have them!" "There they are!" " Bird!" " Bird!" "# Ah my love forever forever # Love, love, always forever..." "There they are!" "There they are!" "Arrest them!" "There they are!" "Arrest them!" "They're there!" "There they are!" "Arrest them!" "Arrest them!" "Arrest them!" "Arrest them!" "Stay here and don't forget what I told you:" "Beware of traps!" "Bird traps, child traps..." "Attention!" "Attention!" "It is exactly 6:25 and 30 seconds." "Attention!" "Attention!" "A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep have just entered the lower city." "Attention!" "Attention!" "A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep have just entered the lower city." "What's that?" "New ones!" "What are they like?" "A boy and a girl, both with blond hair and blue eyes." "Young?" "Quite young." "Hello, children." "Who are you?" "Where do you come from?" "Do you bring news?" "Is it true the world exists?" "Is it true the Sun shines?" "Yes, it's true." "We've seen it." "How is it?" "It shines." "It's all yellow!" "It's golden when it rises and all red when it sets." "We saw the Moon too." "We can tell you how it works!" "The Bird explained it all!" ""The Bird"?" "They also saw a bird!" "I told you friends!" "We're saved!" "The world exists!" "The Sun shines!" "And there are birds, too!" "Ah life is beautiful!" "We'll see it all, one day!" "And now, music!" " Bird!" " Bird!" "At last I found you!" "We will get married without delay!" "Besides, it's written in the books, Kings always marry shepherdesses." "Impossible!" "You refuse?" "Why?" "What a question!" "How do you expect her to marry you, when she loves the chimney-sweep?" "The Chimney-sweep!" "What?" "The Chimney-sweep?" "Again the Chimney-sweep!" "Always the Chimney-sweep!" "You'll see what I'll do with the Chimney-sweep!" "Oh, no." "No!" "Say yes to buy time." "I'll fix all this later." "Stop!" "I Accept." "What will you do with them?" "Rest assured, they're in no danger." "Quite the contrary." "They're going to work." "What could be better for them?" "But you promised they'd go free!" "Work, my dear, IS freedom." "Life is beautiful!" "The Sun will shine!" "Soon we'll see the birds!" "IDENTITY CARD "Volunteer worker"" "Patience!" "This is just for a while!" "Long live His Majesty!" "Crimes of lèse-majesty..." "...well, well, well..." "No clemency " " Article 28." "Article 28 is here." "Shh!" "Bravo, bravo, bravo!" "Someone spoke." "Someone shouted "Bravo"." "Who shouted?" "Me." "Who are you?" "The bird!" "The bird?" "A bird!" "The two children predicted it!" "It was meant to be!" "A bird." "A great bird!" "And with feathers!" "Multicoloured!" "You can fly too, I hope." "What a question!" "Judge for yourself!" "I hear his wings beating." "This is miraculous!" "He flies!" "Let's not exaggerate, it's only natural." "And he not only flies, but he speaks!" "All languages." "I am an interpreter:" "polyglot, monoglot." "I know Toucan, English, Latin, and Hare too," "Chinese, Parrot of course, and Lion!" "Lion ?" "Perfectly, Lion!" "I said so and I'll prove it!" "Miraculous!" "What did you say to them?" "I said: "Hello, my friends." "How are you feeling?"" "What did they answer?" "That they feel pretty bad." "They get very bored in here." "And above all, they're very hungry!" "So I said, "Bon appétit", out of simple politeness." "But, I think I made a mistake." "Play!" "Play something cheerful!" "Now, for heaven's sake!" "Otherwise, they're going to devour him!" "Devour who?" "The Chimney-sweep, what a question!" "Oh, is he here?" "Yes, will you play!" "What about the shepherdess?" "The King took her." "What for?" "To marry her." "Now play instead of asking questions!" "What a dreadful misfortune!" "They were both so nice!" "Oh, how sad things turned out!" "They're not so nasty after all." "You just need to know how to handle them." "My friends, as the gentle fierce beasts that you are, you sympathise with the pain of this poor Chimney-sweep." "It's beautiful." "It's noble." "I congratulate you." "Music please, something powerful!" "If you knew the sordid depths of this monstrous machination, then, my Lion friends, your indomitable indignation couldn't be contained within the four walls of this dismal prison." "An innocent Shepherdess who cared for her sheep!" "And for whom did she raise these sheep?" "Oh, not for herself, poor dear, but for you, my lion friends!" "Yes!" "For you, my friends!" "There you have it!" "A brave little girl from these parts who raises good fat sheep... for you, my good lion friends." "And suddenly... the King!" "What does he do, this King, my friends?" "He abducts this shepherdess who kept her flock!" "The sheep flee to the four corners of the world" "Poor little creatures!" "Poor fat defenceless sheep!" "Driven mad with panic -- livid!" "Caught in tempests, threatened by avalanches, rolling down precipices!" "And those who escape, end up in the jaws of wolves!" "Will you stop that racket!" "They're coming!" "They're here!" "Who's here?" "The birds!" "Finally!" "The birds!" "We are saved!" "Long live the birds!" "Exactly, my friends!" "The birds are here!" "That's odd!" "I'd never have thought birds looked like that!" "The hour when Kings marry shepherdesses has rung once again." "Ah!" "The King, stood with the shepherdess under the immense red velvet canopy above the throne,... silently savours his triumph." "Near him, his dog." "Primped, powdered and proud as a peacock, wearing a wig right out of the 18th century, strikes a pose." "It is now the solemn moment when the Mayor of the Palace, kneeling respectfully in front of his beloved sovereign with a rare obsequious smile, asks him the ritual question:" "Do you, Sire, accept this modest shepherdess as your wife?" "Yes!" "Do you, modest shepherdess, accept the immense honour" "His Majesty does you by taking you for His wife?" "Do you accept, modest shepherdess?" "Yes, of course!" "What a question!" "They are united!" "They are wed!" "The little Queen's face is resplendent with joy" "Listen to the audience's enthusiastic roar:" "Long live Their Majesties!" "Long live Their Majesties!" "Long live Their Majesties!" "Happiness!" "Health!" "Prosperity!" "Long life, to our future little princes!" "Thank you." "You've done me an immense service." "But let's keep it between us." "Look, Madam, I'm the happiest of all men!" "Not for long!" "Sire, don't try to flee, all the birds are here." "And when I say "birds", I don't mean only my kids..." "Don't be afraid children, Papa knows how to drive." "I told you, children.." "When Daddy's around, he fixes everything!" "" " English "