The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

The story about the unusual creature Gruffalo consists of two short films. In the first, Mother Squirrel tells her sons about how the mouse was looking for a nut in the forest. It met three predators on its way who wanted to eat it: the Fox, the Owl and the Snake. The little mouse has to use his ingenuity to stay alive. He lies to all three about the fact that this is where he meets a terrible monster, the Gruffalo, who likes to feast on predators like them. But unexpectedly for the mouse, his lie turns out to be the truth. In the second story, the Gruffalo child has to learn about the existence of an evil mouse, which was feared by all the animals in the forest. Read more Both parts are adaptations of British fairy tales by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The success of "The Gruffalo" is astonishing, more than ten million copies of the book were sold outside the homeland. Directors Johannes Weyland and Uwe Heidschotter adopted a version that combined computer graphics and conventional animation. The team worked to preserve Alex Scheffler's original concepts. Another important issue was the adaptation of a short fairy tale into a long story. One of the producers of the tape was Michael Rose, a real specialist in animated films. During his time at Aardman Animations, he worked on such films as "Escape from the Chicken Coop", "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Werewolf Rabbit" and "Chico and Rita". Famous actors took part in the dubbing of the animated film: Helena Bonham Carter (Mother Squirrel), Rob Brydon (Snake), Robbie Coltrane (Gruffalo), James Corden (Mouse), John Hurt (Owl), Tom Wilkinson (Fox) and Shirley Henderson (Gruffalo baby). The Gruffalo was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA in 2011 in the Best Animated Short Film category. He was also awarded a prize at the D'Annesi Festival and received positive reviews from critics and the love of the audience.