Screenplay: Esopo
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Esopo. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Tortoise and the Hare (S)
1935 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Wilfred Jackson
Plot A retelling of Aesop's fable where the hare learns that slow and steady wins the race.
6.6
4K votes
6.6
4K votes
The Country Cousin (S)
1936 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Wilfred Jackson
Plot Abner is invited by his cousin Monty to leave Podunk behind and move to the big city. But he soon learns that the hidden dangers of big city life are...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
The Grasshopper and the Ants (S)
1934 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Wilfred Jackson
Plot As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his...
6.0
646 votes
6.0
646 votes
Heldensage (S)
1985 · Movie · 6 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
Direction Kurt Weiler
5.2
33 votes
5.2
33 votes
Tortoise vs. Hare
2008 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Howard E. Baker · Arish Fyzee
Plot The movie fast-forwards 15 years beyond the original fabled race to reveal that the rivalry between the tortoise and the hare. Ready for a rematch, Murray Hare (Jay Leno) and...
5.1
26 votes
5.1
26 votes
El león enamorado (S)
1979 · Movie · 6 min. · Spain
Direction Fernando Trueba
Cast Óscar Ladoire · Antonio Resines
Plot Based on a "Letter to the Director" published at spanish daily "El Pais" on March, 8th, 1979 and signed by Stanley Burda. Based on Esopus'fable "The lion in love" and...
4.4
276 votes
4.4
276 votes
Porky's Bear Facts (S)
1941 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Friz Freleng
Plot Porky Pig works hard on his farm all year. On a neighboring farm, a bear lazes around and allows his animals to be idle. The winter comes, and he has...
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Aesop's Fables (TV Series)
1983 · Series · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Eiji Okabe
Plot TV Series(1983). 52 Episodes. Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys....
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare (S)
1943 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Bob Clampett · Tex Avery
Plot Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks...
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (S)
1980 · Movie · 5 min. · Canada
Direction Evelyn Lambart
Plot Based upon an Aesop fable, this simple story tells the tale of two mice with different lifestyles, suggesting that it is far better to live simply and in peace than...
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The Lion and the Mouse (S)
1976 · Movie · 4 min. · Canada
Direction Evelyn Lambart
Plot This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the...
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Manga Aesop Monogatari Movie
1983 · Movie · 61 min. · Japan
Direction Norio Hikone
Plot Compilation movie of "Aesop's Fables" anime series.
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Fábulas (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 50 min. · Spain
Direction Gabriel Ibáñez · Jaime de Armiñán · Pilar Miró
Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez · Antonio Ferrandis · Onofre Fraile · Mónica Randall
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