An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.
- 5.6
- 1975
- Released
- 0h 27m
Richard Briers
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Harry Fowler
Barbara Moore
Angus Lennie
Peter Hawkins
Dick Graham
Imogen Claire
Cyril Shaps
Released
en
- #cartoon
- #fictional biography
- #short film
Reviews
Two men are painting a battleship and the older is regaling the younger with the achievements of the engineering genius that was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I could have sworn it was the voice of Angus Lennie (remember "Ives" from the Great Escape - 1963) and sure enough it is! Anyway, using a comibination of animation styles and photography we spend half an hour on a planet very near "Monty Python"