Babar and Father Christmas

Canada, 1986

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In this delightful, fully animated tale, King Babar takes a journey in search of the legendary Father Christmas. But lurking along on Babar’s trail is Babar’s arch-enemy, Rataxes the Rhinoceros, who wants all of Santa’s toys for himself. Based on the book by Jean de Brunhoff and narrated by Laurent de Brunhoff. Rated: G

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Credits

director

Gerry Capelle

producer

Alison Clayton

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324030

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q17621728

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