# Animal Farm (1954)

> A deceptively gentle animal fable becomes a bleak animated indictment of revolution corrupted into authoritarian rule.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6754

## Facts

- Runtime: 73 min
- Genres: Animation, Drama
- Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
- Cast: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047834/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: bleak, cautionary, sardonic, political cinema night, classic animation viewing

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