The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
Genre : Fantasy, Animation
Runtime : 9M
Director : Wladyslaw Starewicz
Synopsis
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new monarch, but they are dissatisfied and petition Jupiter again.
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