Willy the Sparrow

Mar 30, 1989

1h 16m

★ 6.5

What would it feel like to be a bird and fly over the trees and housetops?

Overview

Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.

Genres

Family

Animation

Fantasy

Production Companies

Pannónia Filmstúdió

Budapest Film

Hajdu Film

Willy the Sparrow Trailers

Cast

Vili (voice)

Levente Igaz

Verbéna

Klári Tolnay

Cipúr, old sparrow

József Székhelyi

Füles

Eszter Kárász

Cili, the cat

Cecília Esztergályos

Spagyi

Mátyás Usztics

Csures

József Gyabronka

Krampusz, the black cat

Tibor Szilágyi

Csiperke

Ildikó Hüvösvölgyi

Csiri

Ildikó Kilin

Sunya

Zoltán Bor

Guri

Péter Tihanyi

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