David and the Magic Pearl

David and the Magic Pearl
Directed byZbigniew Stanislawski
Wieslaw Zieba
Written byMaciej Siatkiewicz (story and dialogue)
Wieslaw Zieba
Zbigniew Stanislawski
Robert Pawlicki
Piotr Malinowski
Ewaryst Izewski
Jerzy Kurczac
Wojciech Trzópek
Krystyna Kofta (inspiration)
Andrzej Chrzanowski(inspiration)
Produced byElisabeth Wesdecki
StarringEwa Kania
Ewa Zlotowska
Jolanta Zykun
Ewa Zukowska
Jerzy Molga
Tadeusz Wludarski
CinematographyJan Ptasinski
Edited byHanna Michalewicz
Music bySeweryn Krajewski (original)
Claes Wang (Swedish/English version)
Distributed byPrzedsiębiorstwo Dystrybucji Filmów (Poland)
AB Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden)
Celebrity Home Entertainment (USA)
Release dates
  • 22 June 1988 (1988-06-22) (Poland)
  • 5 November 1988 (1988-11-05) (Sweden)
  • 16 June 1989 (1989-06-16) (U.S.)
  • 9 October 1993 (1993-10-09) (Finland)
Running time
71 minutes
CountriesPoland
Sweden
LanguagePolish

David and the Magic Pearl (sw. David och de magiska pärlorna; pol. Dawid i Sandy; known as David & Sandy internationally) is a Polish/Swedish animated film released in 1988.

Summary

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David, a boy who stays with his parents in a small cabin in a jungle, gets a puppy named Pips for his birthday, he also befriends a baby eagle who he names Sandy. They discover that Mr. Stealmore (named in the English version) is after a set of pearls which were to be kept safe by a group of aliens who landed in the jungle. Also they meet a woman named Fawn Doe who is a slave to Mr. Stealmore, who captures animals and placing them in cages. Later, David learned that Fawn is not as bad as she seems and she changed into nature clothes now as Nature woman who understands why it is important for the pearls to be protected. Now, the trio have to band together and save the jungle from Mr. Stealmore, who has also plotted to bulldoze the jungle and build a mine in its place.[1]

Cast

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Character Swedish Polish English
David Martin Lindström Ewa Złotowska Christine Cavanaugh
Madame Rusk (Fawn Do) Mia Benson Ewa Kania Wanda Nowicki
David's Father Gunnar Ernblad Jerzy Molga Doug Stone
David's Mother Gunilla Norling Ewa Żukowska Melora Harte
The Boss (Mr. Stealmore) Åke Lindström Tadeusz Włudarski Steve Kramer
Samuel Unknown Jerzy Molga
Pink Elephant Tadeusz Włudarski
Cave Tiki Unknown Frank Welker
Pips Unknown Bob Bergen
Woman Unknown Lara Cody

Additional Voices

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Awards

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  • 1987 – Wiesław Zięba Award of the Head of Cinematography in the field of animated film
  • 1988 – Wiesław Zięba Poznań (FF for Children) – Children's Jury Award

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "David och de magiska pärlorna (1988) - SFdb" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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