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The Seventh Brother

The Seventh Brother
Directed by Jenő Koltai
Tibor Hernádi
Written by Attila Dargay
József Nepp
Music by Wolfgang von Henko, Don Stirling, Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon, Merrill Jenson
Edited by Madga Hap
Production
company
Distributed by United States:
Feature Films for Families (VHS/DVD)
Hungary:
Interpannonia Film
Budapest Film
Germany:
Beaufilm
Austria:
Einhorn-Film
Switzerland:
Stamm
Release date
  • 7 September 1995 (1995-09-07) (Germany)
  • 4 April 1996 (1996-04-04) (Hungary)
  • 21 June 1991 (1991-06-21) (United States)
Running time
United States:
74 min.
Germany:
84 min.
Hungary:
80 min.
Country Hungary
Germany
United States
Italy
Language Hungarian

The Seventh Brother (Hungarian: A hetedik testvér; German: Bobo und die Hasenbande) is a 1991 animated film for children made and produced at Hungary's Pannonia Film Studio. It was co-produced with Magyar Televízió, Germany's RealFilm, and the U.S. outlet Feature Films for Families.

The story begins in the forest, with the viewer being addressed by Dr. Albert E. Owl, a "famous storyteller". Noting that the viewer is lost in the forest, he decides to recount the tale of Tiny the puppy, the seventh brother (occasionally interspersing his story with various comments of his own).

The doctor's tale begins the previous spring, with Tiny the puppy riding in a car with his owner-a little girl named Angie-and her grandpa after an enjoyable trip to a big city. On the way home, their car breaks down in the middle of a storm and the grandpa goes out to fix it. Angie goes out to help, telling Tiny to stay in the car, but leaving the door open. Spotting a frog outside, Tiny goes after it, but falls down a hill (unbeknownst to his owners, who drive off without him and can't hear his barks over the storm). Heartbroken, he decides to wait out the storm by sleeping in a little hollowed-out area in a bush (sleeping through Angie calling for him, as she noticed his absence soon and told her grandpa to go back to find him).

The next morning, a band of rabbits discover Tiny. Their opinions on him are mixed (most of them believe Tiny to be some form of monster), but the leader of the group-the ruffian of the family, J.C. (his real name is Jerald Cuthbert)-feels that he should be left to survive on his own; luckily, one of his sisters, Joanna, decides that they should help him. She quickly convinces her siblings to join up after putting the matter to a vote with the other rabbits- Rebecca (the eldest sister), Mimi (the sensitive one), Cody (the glutton), Marty (the cautious one) -and Tiny is welcomed into the family as a "bunny-puppy". Tiny accepts, but on one condition- they must come back later to see if Angie came back. The bunnies agree and bring him back to their home following a musical number in which they introduce themselves. However, they teach him to act like a rabbit, such as hopping and keeping his ears up straight. J.C. is frustrated with Tiny because he doesn't act like a rabbit, but when J.C. is caught by a hawk, Tiny scares the hawk away by barking at it, causing it to fly away in a panic. Because of this, the family afterwards decides to accept Tiny as their brother, which makes the puppy very happy, although their parents are afraid at first.


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