The Night the Animals Talked

The Night the Animals Talked (1970)

Common farm animals in the stable of Christ's birth begin to talk and communicate for the first time upon Mary and Joseph's arrival. They realize a miracle is about to take place, but lose their ability to speak following the birth of Christ as they rush to tell all about the Savior's birth.

Date of release
1970-12-09
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
30m
Genres
Family, Animation, TV Movie
Director
Shamus Culhane

Casting

Interesting facts

The Night the Animals Talked is an animated children's Christmas television special, first shown on ABC television on December 9, 1970. It was repeated four times on ABC, in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1977. The American/Italian co-production was based on a legend that all of the animals could talk at midnight, on the night that Jesus was born.

Production

The Night the Animals Talked was produced by Gino Gavioli and Roberto Gavioli's Gamma Film of Milan, Italy, and was directed by animation veteran Shamus Culhane. The story evolved from an MGM Records children's recording written by writer and voiceover artist Peter Fernandez. Although the copyright status of this film is uncertain, bootleg copies are common.

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