Tulips Shall Grow (1942)
Overview
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.804 |
Directed By
George Pal
Crew
George Pal
George Pal
George Pal
Wah Chang
Ray Harryhausen
George Pal
Cecil Beard
Jack Miller
TOP CAST
Victor Jory
(voice)
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