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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Albert Lamorisse (written by)
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Release Date:
11 March 1957 (USA) more
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Plot:
A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins more
User Comments:
The First Film I Saw... more (55 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Pascal Lamorisse ... Pascal the Boy
Georges Sellier ... Shopkeeper
Vladimir Popov ... Tennant
Paul Perey
René Marion ... Pascal's Father
Sabine Lamorisse ... Pascal's Mother
Michel Pezin
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Red Balloon (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
34 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film had its American network television premiere as a special episode of "General Electric Theater" (1953) on CBS in 1961. However, it was broadcast in black and white. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The bus Pascal gets on to that is followed by the balloon has red advertisements at the rear for Chantelle. The bus he gets off has yellow/green advertisements for Excel. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Dream Doll (1979) more

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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
The First Film I Saw..., 4 September 2000
Author: Matt Barry from Baltimore, Maryland

This is one of the first films I remember seeing. My grandfather was kind enough to record it off of television for me when I was only one or two years old. I remember enjoying it alot as a very young child and I enjoy this film just as much, if not even more, today. I can appreciate the story more, now that I'm older. It is one of the truly best short films ever made, right up there with the best of Chaplin and other great short-film makers.

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