Alfred J. Kwak 

After a horrific car accident takes the life of his parents and siblings, a young duckling is raised by his considerate uncle to be a good and responsible person. Meanwhile, his schoolmate Dolf slowly becomes seduced by fascism.

Stars:

Ryan van den Akker, Frits Lambrechts, Herman van Veen

1 win.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ryan van den Akker	...	Alfred J. Kwak 52 episodes, 1989-1991
Frits Lambrechts	...	Henk de Mol / ... 42 episodes, 1989-1991
Herman van Veen	...	Professor Paljas von Pinguïn / ... 24 episodes, 1989-1991
Doris Baaten	...	Ollie de Ooievaar / ... 23 episodes, 1989-1990
John Kraaijkamp Jr.	...	Dolf / ... 23 episodes, 1989-1991
Ena Heese	...	Winnie Wana / ... 23 episodes, 1990-1991
Fred Butter	...	Wannes / ... 21 episodes, 1990-1991

Storyline

After a horrific car accident takes the life of his parents and siblings, a young duckling is raised by his considerate uncle to be a good and responsible person. Meanwhile, his schoolmate Dolf slowly becomes seduced by fascism.

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Plot Keywords:

adolf hitler | fascism | rise of fascism | historical parallels | political allegory | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan van den Akker and Herman van Veen did not only do the voices for the Dutch episodes but also for the German ones.

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Connections

Referenced in Buba Shel Medina: Episode #2.9 (2013)

User Reviews

Great TV-series

Alfred J. Kwak was created in the late 1980's by the Dutch writer, performer, musician, composer Herman van Veen. He made up the character and the stories for comic books for Unicef. They'd ordered him to create a serie of comic books to point the reading children at the bad things in the world and in the past, but without boring them. The comics became such a hit in the Netherlands, that Unicef and a Japanese producer decided to make a animation series out of it. The stories are about the same as in the (now rare to find) comics, but they are animated in Japan. But Herman van Veen did had a big influence in the direction of the episodes and about the way some of his characters should be drawn. He also wrote the music, which became very popular music for children here in The Netherlands, and was also translated to lots of other languages. If you haven't seen it yourself, please let your children watch it: it deals with racism, poverty, etc. without boring your children, or making it all to obvious.

Details

Country:

Netherlands Japan West Germany Spain

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

3 April 1989 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Little Duck's Big Love Story

Company Credits

Production Co:

Telecable Benelux B.V., Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (52 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1