Fern the Red Deer (Captioned)

A marvellous adventure story, filmed on location in remote Exmoor, about an abandoned deer calf. The deer calf forms a bond with two young children and together they fight for the wild deer’s survival. Rated: G

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Credits

director

Tommy Fletcher

Duration

01:15:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323949

Language

English

Subject category

Closed captioning

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

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United Kingdom, 1978

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