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Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!

Canada, 1999
film

One mid-Spring evening at midnight, a cuckoo bird is struck by lightning and thrown from his perch to the ground. In the morning when the storm has cleared, h..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Cuckoo = Le Coucou

France, 1970
Similarity: 75%

Who robbed the robins?

United Kingdom
Similarity: 73%

The Owl who married a goose: an Eskimo legend

Canada, 1974
Similarity: 72%

The Bird fancier = L'Homme aux oiseaux

Canada, 1955
Similarity: 72%

A Tale for everybody

Bulgaria, 1967
Similarity: 72%

Birds & their young

United States, 1980
Similarity: 71%

The Peep show

Canada, 1962
Similarity: 71%

Blackbird family

Germany, 1970
Similarity: 71%

Egg

Australia, 1991
Similarity: 71%

The Naughty owlet

Hungary, 1971
Similarity: 71%

Fly away home

United States, 1996
Similarity: 71%

Make way for ducklings

United States, 1976
Similarity: 70%

The Hoarder

Canada, 1969
Similarity: 70%

The Secret way

Germany, 1958
Similarity: 70%

If trees can fly

United States, 1975
Similarity: 70%

Adventures of a young eagle

United States, 1968
Similarity: 70%

La Poulette grise (TEFC)

Canada, 1947
Similarity: 70%

Happy owls

United States, 1969
Similarity: 70%
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