The African Lion

"Walt Disney's most exciting True-Life Adventure feature!"

1955 1h 15m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 37

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Synopsis

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Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.

“Walt Disney's most exciting True-Life Adventure feature!”

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Cast

Winston Hibler
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Algar
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "True-Life Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Walt Disney's most exciting True-Life Adventure feature!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0047803 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Algar directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
271 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "True-Life Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Marketing tagline: "Walt Disney's most exciting True-Life Adventure feature!".
6IMDB entry: tt0047803 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 75 min · 1h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The African Lion (1955)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Part of

True-Life Adventures Collection

In 1940 Walt Disney got the idea for the first ever nature documentary True Life Adventures during animal studies for his upcoming film Bambi. Instead of imitating the natural through animation, he could just use what was already there. When the sun rises and light enters through the eyelids the body is triggered to begin its wake-up cycle, including the release of cortisol. By the time the light is at full brightness, sleepers wake up on their own. An alarm is not needed anymore.