Coppelia

Mar 3, 2022

1h 22m

★ 6.7

Overview

When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic cosmetic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty Swan must act to save her sweetheart Franz, before his heart is used to spark life into Coppelia – the ‘perfect’ robot-woman the Doctor has created.

Genres

Animation

Family

Music

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Submarine

3 minutes West

MotionWorks

Lunanime

Coppelia Trailers

Cast

Michaela DePrince

Daniel Camargo

Vito Mazzeo

The Mayor

Darcey Bussell

Hairdresser

Jan Kooijman

Baker

Irek Mukhamedov

Swan's mother

Glynis Terborg

Swan's friend

Nancy Burer

Swan's friend

JingJing Mao

Swan's friend

Sasha Mukhamedov

Franz's friend

Timothy van Poucke

Franz's friend

Sem Sjouke

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