The Dog, the General, and the Birds

(2003)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 16 votes

Genres: Animation

Year: 2003

Runtime: 75 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Francis Nielsen

Cast: Michel Elias, Филипп Нуаре, Франсуа Жеросме, Marie Vincent

Plot

A long time ago, a young Russian general chose to sacrifice hundreds of birds to burn Moscow and save his motherland from the troops of Napoleon. For this feat, he was hailed as a hero by the people of Russia but regarded an executioner by the winged creatures. Now fifty years older the aging general leads a drab life. To make matters worse, the descendants of the sacrificed birds keep attacking him. One day however a meets an engaging little dog who soon becomes his faithful companion. Both friends decide to break the curse plaguing the general's life : they start militating for all the caged birds of Russia to be set free.