Swan Lake (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Kimio Yabuki |
| Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
| Written by | Hirokazu Fuse |
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Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Starring | See voices |
| Music by | Peter Tchaikovsky |
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Toei Company (Japan) |
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75 minutes (Japan) |
| Country | Japan Soviet Union |
| Language | Japanese / Russian |
World Masterpiece Fairytale Swan Lake (世界名作童話 白鳥の湖 Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Hakuchō no Mizūmi?) is an anime film based on the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The film was released in Japan on 14 March 1981 by Toei.
The film was produced by Toei Animation of Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union and directed by Kimio Yabuki. The adaptation uses Tchaikovsky's score and remains relatively faithful to the story.
Two separate English dubs were made, one featuring regular voice actors, and one using celebrities as the main principles (Christopher Atkins as Siegfried, Pam Dawber as Odette, Kay Lenz as Odile, and David Hemmings as Rothbart). The second dub aired on American Movie Classics in December 1990 and The Disney Channel in June 1994. It is distributed in United States by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Also in France and the United Kingdom by Rouge Citron Production.
The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he sees a swan with a crown on its head swimming on a lake. One of his friends, Adolf, tries to shoot the swan, but just before his arrow flies, Adolf is turned to stone. Siegfried's other friend accuses the swan of practicing witchcraft, neither of them pondering the presence of a owl just behind them. Siegfried is unable to stop thinking about the swan, and decides to follow it as it swims away from its spot on the lake. Siegfried soon finds himself at a castle.
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