Babar is a young elephant in the great forest.
Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his
mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He
eventually finds himself in a human city and
experiences the many differences between city and
forest life. Generally treated as an outsider he
is taken in by an elderly woman, dressed in fancy
suits, taught to write and count and is brought up
in human culture. Later in life his friends
Celeste and Arthur stumble into the city and find
him - previously assuming he was also killed by
the hunter. Babar dresses them and treats them to
the comforts of his world until more elephants
arrive to bring them back. The three elephants
return by car to the great forest. Soon after
Arthur sparks a war with the neighbouring Rhino
tribe but peace is formed due to quick thinking by
Babar. After this Babar is crowned king with
Celeste his Queen. Due to his human upbringing
Babar decides to alter the elephant society and
builds a city and kits every elephant out in human
clothing, every elephant is assigned tasks and
everyone has his place. But with human culture
comes problems associated with modern living. How
will Babar cope with the onset of misfortune?
Summary written by Paul Hunter
| Format size: | Fullscreen |
| Languages: | English |
| Runtime: | 78 min. |
| Number of discs: | 1 |
