Babar: King of the Elephants

Feb 26, 1999

1h 20m

★ 6.1

Long live happiness!

Overview

Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life. Treated as an outsider he is taken in by an elderly woman, dressed in fancy suits, taught to write and count and is brought up in human culture.

Genres

Family

Animation

Production Companies

Nelvana

Home Made Movies

TV-Loonland

The Clifford Ross Company

Alliance Atlantis

Babar: King of the Elephants Trailers

Cast

Zephir

Philip Williams

Marabou / Sales Manager

Wayne Robson

Babar's Mother / Misfortune

Ellen-Ray Hennessy

Young Babar

Kristin Fairlie

King Babar

Dan Lett

Cornelius

Chris Wiggins

Young Celeste

Jennifer Martini

Young Arthur / Alexander

Kyle Fairlie

Madame

Elizabeth Hanna

Elevator Boy / Tailor

Paul Haddad

Queen Celeste

Janet-Laine Green

Uncle Arthur

Amos Crawley

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