The Ugly Duckling and Me!

Sep 10, 2006

1h 30m

★ 5.6

Overview

The Hans Christian Anderson tale gets a new treatment, this time with a rat trying to exploit the talents of a little ugly duckling for profit.

Genres

Family

Animation

Comedy

Production Companies

A. Film Production

Futurikon

Eurimages

Ulysses Filmproduktion

TPS Star

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Magma Films

CNC

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

The Danish Film Institute

SND

Gébéka Films

The Ugly Duckling and Me! Trailers

Cast

Ratso / Frank (voice)

Morgan C. Jones

Wesley (voice)

Paul Tylak

Phyllis (voice)

Anna Nugent

Stan (voice)

Gary Hetzler

Chickens (voice)

Danna Davis

Esmeralda (voice)

Barbara Bergin

Peep Olga (voice)

Michelle Read

Daphne (voice)

Hilary Cahill

Baby Ugly (voice)

Kim Larney

Pox (voice)

Hillary Kavanagh

Lou (voice)

Laurann Rabbitt

Emmy (voice)

Aoife Murray

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