Two fables by La Fontaine (1932)
Genre : Fantasy, Animation
Runtime : 16M
Director : Wladyslaw Starewicz
Synopsis
Two animated fables by La Fontaine "The Old Lion" ("Le lion devenu vieux") and "The Lion and the Gnat" ("Le Lion et le Moucheron").
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