Watership Down poster
Writer John Hubley
Director Martin Rosen
Screenplay Martin Rosen

Watership Down

Tagline: All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.

Release Date: 1978-10-14

Duration: 92 minutes

Synopsis

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

Casting

  • John Hurt
    Hazel (voice)
  • Ralph Richardson
    Chief Rabbit (voice)
  • Simon Cadell
    Blackberry (voice)
  • Harry Andrews
    General Woundwort (voice)
  • Richard Briers
    Fiver (voice)
  • Joss Ackland
    Black Rabbit (voice)
  • Denholm Elliott
    Cowslip (voice)
  • Zero Mostel
    Kehaar (voice)
  • John Bennett
    Captain Holly (voice)
  • Michael Hordern
    Frith (voice)