Animal Farm
- IMDb link: 0047834
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (21,411 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Animation
- Director: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
- Cast: Maurice Denham, Gordon Heath, Gilles Cheslton, Eva Kaya and others
- Release date: 19 Jun 1959
- Release year: 1954
- Runtime: 72 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Keywords: farm, revolt, politics, comrade, anti communist, based on novel, revolution, pig, animal that acts human, adult animation
Plot:
This film is a cartoon adaptation of George Orwell's parable expressing the founding of the USSR and the reign of Stalin. The animals are tired of being under the cruel hand of Farmer Jones (Czar Nicholas II), so Old Major (Karl Marx), a pig, leads a meeting declaring that man is their enemy. But after Major dies, the animals lead a successful revolt against Farmer Jones, and they rename Manor Farm "Animal Farm" and have their own laws. Snowball (Leon Trotsky) becomes the first president, but Napoleon (Joseph Stalin) ousts him, and Napoleon and his accomplice, Squealer (propagandist) break countless rules, use TV as propaganda to warp the animals' minds, and even side with the humans. And the rules are changed, showing that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. Will the animals stop Napoleon, or will his downfall be soon?