The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986)
Cudesna suma (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 23min
- Animation, Adventure
- 19 Jun 1986 (Yugoslavia)
- Movie
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Cast
Josip Marotti | ... |
Kaktus Car (voice)
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Vili Matula | ... |
Slikar Paleta (voice)
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Ljubo Kapor | ... |
Dabar (voice)
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Emil Glad | ... |
Mate (voice)
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Ivo Rogulja | ... |
Stapic (voice)
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Helena Buljan | ... |
(voice)
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Djurdja Ivezic | ... |
(voice)
(as Durda Izevic)
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Sven Lasta | ... |
(voice)
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Vladimir Kovacic | ... |
(voice)
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Adam Vedernjak | ... |
(voice)
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Nada Rocco | ... |
Lili (voice)
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Vladimir Puhalo | ... |
(voice)
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Veronika Kovacic | ... |
(voice)
(as Veronika Durbesic)
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Mladen Vasary | ... |
Pa (voice)
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Drago Krca | ... |
(voice)
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Slavica Fila | ... |
(voice)
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Rikard Simonelli | ... |
Guster Gondolar (voice)
(as Richard Simonelli)
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Lena Politeo | ... |
(voice)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
David Earls | ... |
(voice)
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Edward Eyrich | ... |
(voice)
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Charles Forrest | ... |
(voice)
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Simon Hefter | ... |
(voice)
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Chris Helmer | ... |
(voice)
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Eric Needham | ... |
(voice)
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Francesca Picchi | ... |
(voice)
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Paul Powers | ... |
(voice)
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Carroll Rue | ... |
(voice)
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Lauren Shanahan | ... |
(voice)
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George Spelvin | ... |
(voice)
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Mark Surkin | ... |
(voice)
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Anna Tornhill | ... |
(voice)
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Directed by
Milan Blazekovic | ||
Doro Vlado Hreljanovic |
Written by
Fred P. Sharkey | ... | (screenplay) |
Suncana Skrinjaric | ... | (original story) |
Produced by
Doro Vlado Hreljanovic | ... | executive producer / producer |
Simon Nuchtern | ... | executive producer: August Films |
Carroll Rue | ... | associate producer |
Vlado Teresak | ... | executive producer |
Carmen Ventura | ... | producer: August Films |
Music by
Zivan Cvitkovic | ||
Arsen Dedic | ||
Dennis Leogrande |
Cinematography by
Ernest Gregl |
Editing by
Richard Byard | ||
Victor Kanefsky | ||
Zlata Reic |
Editorial Department
Nicholas Goodman | ... | assistant editor (as Nick Goodman) |
Victor Kanefsky | ... | supervising editor |
Ivica Marjanovic | ... | color timer |
Liu Soung | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
Vlado Ivancic | ... | assistant production manager |
William Milling | ... | production supervisor: August Films |
Tomislav Sporis | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Radovan Milanov | ... | assistant director |
Tomislav Sporis | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Srecko Brkic | ... | graphic designer |
Sound Department
Richard Byard | ... | sound editor / sound effects editor |
Zeljko Grguric | ... | sound master |
Zoran Haramancic | ... | sound engineer |
Miroslav Horvat | ... | sound manipulator |
Leo Korican | ... | sync manager |
Peter Page | ... | re-recording mixer |
Mladen Prebil | ... | sound recordist |
Don Sternecker | ... | engineer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Boris Turkovic | ... | assistant camera |
Animation Department
Elizabeta Abramovic | ... | animator |
Nick Alberti | ... | animation consultant |
Milan Blazekovic | ... | animation director / animator / character designer |
Djineta Bobic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Jadranka Brecak | ... | ink and paint artist |
Tihomir Bregar | ... | assistant background artist |
Snjezana Brkic | ... | assistant animator |
Vlado Buzolic | ... | graphic effects (as Vlado Buzolic-Stegu) |
Ivan Cacic | ... | assistant animator (as Ivan Cecic) |
Andrea Crv | ... | ink and paint artist |
Gordana Cupac | ... | ink and paint artist (as Grodana Cupak) |
Zvonimir Delac | ... | animator |
Vlado Djurak | ... | assistant animator |
Vesna Dubravcic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Leopold Fabiani | ... | animator |
Tomislav Franin | ... | assistant animator |
Ljiljana Grdanjski | ... | ink and paint artist (as Ljiljana Grdjanski) |
Jasmina Gudic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Vladimir Hrs | ... | animator |
Renata Janecic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Neda Kapor | ... | ink and paint artist |
Zlatko Kopjar | ... | assistant animator |
Zlata Lach | ... | ink and paint artist |
Snjezana Luzar-Drnic | ... | ink and paint artist (as Snjezana Luzar) |
Eva Mijatovic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Turido Paus | ... | animator |
Darko Pavic | ... | assistant animator |
Rolando Peharec | ... | assistant animator |
Tanja Peros | ... | ink and paint artist |
Mira Rabljanovic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Vjekoslav Radilovic | ... | animator |
Sidonija Skorupan | ... | ink and paint artist |
Branko Varadin | ... | background animator / background artist |
Zlata Zafranovic | ... | ink and paint artist |
Djineta Bobic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Jadranka Brecak | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Gordana Cupac | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Vesna Dubravcic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Ljiljana Grdanjski | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Jasmina Gudic | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Renata Janecic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Neda Kapor | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Igor Konjusak | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
Zlata Lach | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Snjezana Luzar-Drnic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Eva Mijatovic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Zorana Peharec | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Tanja Peros | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Mira Rabljanovic | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Sidonija Skorupan | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Dusanka Vrkic | ... | cel colorist (uncredited) |
Zlata Zafranovic | ... | cel copyist (uncredited) |
Music Department
Arsen Dedic | ... | "fifi fox" song music by / conductor |
Silvije Glojnaric | ... | conductor |
Ivica Krajac | ... | singing verses |
Dennis Leogrande | ... | conductor / music by: songs / music effects |
Fred P. Sharkey | ... | lyrics by: songs |
Sime Stamac | ... | music producer |
Additional Crew
Srecko Brkic | ... | title designer |
Peter Fernandez | ... | dialogue director: English version |
Biserka Vuckovic | ... | dialogue director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- 20th Century Fox (1987) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Castle Pictures (1987) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1988) (Ireland) (theatrical)
- Croatia Film (1986) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical) (original version)
- Gaumont (1987) (France) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Distribution (1987) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (1987) (United States) (theatrical)
- Toho (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1988) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Castle Home Video (1987) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Celebrity Home Entertainment (1988) (United States) (video) (under Just for Kids label)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- August Films (voice tracks produced by)
- Bill Foch Graphics (titles by)
- Croatia Film (production services)
- Jadran Film (laboratory services)
- Magno Sound (mixed at)
- Studio B (animation)
- Technicolor (color)
- Valkhn Film & Video (post production services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A painter goes to a forest to seek inspiration for his next work. He falls asleep under the great elm tree. When he wakes up, he discovers that he can understand and talk to the animals and creatures of the forest. He learns that a mad villainous creature called the Cactus King is building an army of magical living weapons and monstrous machines that can obliterate the forest and its inhabitants in no time. His mad goal is to create a wasteland where only cactus can prosper. The painter teams up with a mead-loving mighty bear, three young brave hedgehog brothers, wise beaver and other animals, to defend the forest from the villain. Since the spirit of the forest lives within the great elm tree, if it falls, the forest dies. The good guys must come up with a plan to infiltrate the Cactus King's foreboding dark castle and defeat him there, but also unite the forest and put up defenses against his army. However, the Cactus King has his own allies in the forest like the spectator raven, the cowardly wizard and the tribe of sinister fungi-people, who don't care about what happens to the world above, since it doesn't affect them. The movie was made in Yugoslavia a few years before the breakup and to this day has the status of a classic among the peoples of former Yugoslavia, due to its high production value close to that of popular western animation, engaging storyline, scary villains and fun characters. The movie was dubbed in English for the foreign markets, but it's by far best known in former Yugoslavia, especially Croatia, where most of the team that worked on the film is from. A sequel called The Magician's Hat was released in 1990, with the wizard from this movie as the hero, but the film was deemed inferior to the original in almost all aspects. |
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Taglines | Listen Carefully To The Wind And You Will Hear Its Whispers. [1988 U.S. video release] See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The first animated feature to be produced in the region of former Yugoslavia (and also the first from present-day Croatia). See more » |
Movie Connections | Followed by The Magician's Hat (1990). See more » |
Soundtracks | Let Your Fur Down See more » |
Quotes |
[repeated line]
Emperor Spine: Did you say... did you say..."BEAVER"? See more » |