Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.
5.8
Score
49 votes
“A feature-length adventure that's fit for a king!”
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.

2002