| The Water Babies | |
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| Directed by | Lionel Jeffries |
| Produced by | Ben Arbeid Peter Shaw |
| Written by | Michael Robson (screenplay) Charles Kingsley (novel) Lionel Jeffries (additional material) |
| Starring | James Mason Bernard Cribbins Billie Whitelaw Joan Greenwood David Tomlinson |
| Music by | Phil Coulter |
| Cinematography | Ted Scaife(Edward Scaife) |
| Editing by | Peter Weatherley |
| Distributed by | Pethurst International Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Country | Poland/UK |
| Language | English |
The Water Babies is a 1978 animated feature film based on the book The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley.
When a 12-year-old chimney sweep is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it, he jumps into a violent river. There he encounters a wondrous civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help the Water Babies leave their enclosed lake and reach the free waters of the ocean. Featured voices include those of James Mason and Tommy Pender.
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