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It is a serious pity that one can only praise the film version of George Orwell's Animal Farm as a valuable beginning or experiment, and hardly more than that.
Delmore Schwartz, The New Republic
Animal Farm
He's got the world in an UPROAR!
1954 · 1h 13m · Approved
Animation, Drama
Directed by
Joy Batchelor
,
John Halas
Overview
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
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