The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

Richard Shaw
2019-07-11


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51 min

The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and Joy fell in love, created cartoons that helped the allies to win the war, and produced the first feature-length animation in British cinema history, Animal Farm (1954).

Cast

Name Character Team
Andy Serkis Self Goutbreak
Peter Lord Self Unowned
Emma Calder Self Unowned
Vera Linnecar Self Unowned
Chris Shepherd Self Unowned
Vivien Halas Self Unowned
Claire Kitson Self Unowned
Amanda Leigh Owen Narrator Unowned
Jez Stewart Self Unowned