Le Roman de Renard

1930

1h 5m

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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5 Reviews

88%

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100+ Ratings

King Lion orders Master Fox arrested for tricking animals.

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Sheila Johnston

Independent (UK)

The passing years have robbed it of none of its capacity to enchant and amuse.

Feb 23, 2018

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

This vintage animated film impresses, first of all, by the sheer virtuosity of its stop-motion puppet work.

Feb 23, 2018

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Lindy West

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Basically as amazing to me as that time Leonardo da Vinci invented the helicopter.

Feb 23, 2018

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Quentin Curtis

Independent on Sunday

It's chiefly a mechanical triumph.

Dec 6, 2017

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies

One of the greatest animated films ever created.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 1, 2010

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Hilarious for an animation made in the 30s

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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david l

The characters are not particularly well developed and the narrative feels a bit episodic in the first half, but The Tale of the Fox has astonishing technical aspects - the soundtrack is solid, the art direction and set design are splendid and the animation is advanced; the story is also very involving, the slapstick quite good and even though it hasn't aged quite as well as that year's other classic animated film Snow White, it still holds up pretty well and is a hidden gem from the early days of feature animation.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Really well done for one of the first animated movies ever. Not only is the animation as well as the puppets awesome but the story is also feels very classic like old fairy tales. This movie is highly recommended for anybody in the field of stop motion

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

A shockingly brilliant film in animation history despite its old age. Stunning technique.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

A very clever/strange warmly sound French Stop Motion film a about a devious fox in an Animal Kingdom. This particular fox had an incredible ability to mislead & trick people & that eventually gets him in front of the King in hot water. The animation is so emasculate for 1930 but it's in many ways bizarre imagery. A must see for any French Film Enthusiasts.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Spectacular early animation with impressive and innovative puppet animation telling the adventures and misadventures of a proverbially sly fox who, in order to live quietly and peacefully with his family, rebels and makes enemies of the whole animal kingdom. Very entertaining and strikingly modern if one considers that it was made in 1930.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Wladyslaw Starewicz

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Synopsis

King Lion orders Master Fox arrested for tricking animals.

Director: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz
Producer: Roger Richebé, Louis Nalpas
Screenwriter: Roger Richebé, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz
Production Co: Wladyslaw Starewicz Production
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: French (Canada)
Runtime: 1h 5m