Credited cast: | |||
Charles Berling | ... | Le père (voice) | |
Romane Bohringer | ... | La mère (voice) | |
Jules Sitruk | ... | Le bébé (voice) | |
Morgan Freeman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
Jose Coronado | ... | Emperor Father (voice) (as José Coronado) | |
Sky du Mont | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
Gösta Ekman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Fiorello | ... | Narrator (voice) |
Sofie Gråbøl | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Hikari Ishida | ... | Haha-Penguin (voice) |
Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Ko-Penguin (voice) | |
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Adrian Killian | ... | Penguin Baby (voice) |
Marek Kondrat | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Andrea Kathrin Loewig | ... | Penguin Mother (voice) |
At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds in a fascinating mating ritual that is captured in this documentary by intrepid filmmaker Luc Jacquet. The journey across frozen tundra proves to be the simplest part of the ritual, as after the egg is hatched, the female must delicately transfer it to the male and make her way back to the distant sea to nourish herself and bring back food to her newborn chick. Written by Jwelch5742
I was lucky enough to see this film at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan. This was a wonderful documentary directed by Luc Jacquet which follows penguins traveling to their breeding ground in Antarctica.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it's beautiful and I loved the way it didn't just point a camera at penguins and say how they live, this one actually told a story. If it wasn't narrated, you would still be able to follow the basic idea of the film. The countless penguins travel a very long distance to breed. It's very interesting to watch these penguins, they go through so many ordeals just to have kids.
It's in the style of Winged Migration, the scenery is a character. If you get the chance to see this film I recommend it, it's wonderful to look at and it's impossible not to love the penguins.