Watership Down
A courageous band of rabbits must escape their doomed warren and brave treacherous lands to find a new home before a ruthless predator wipes them out.
“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.”
Synopsis
When their warren is threatened, a group of rabbits led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry, and Hazel leave their homeland in search of a safer new haven.
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Principal cast & crew: 25
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Edited by Terry RawlingsScored by Angela Morley
Box Office
1978 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.7× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$3.7M
Also known as
- Unten am Flussde
- Watership Down - Unten am Flußde
- La Folle Escapadefr
- La collina dei conigliit
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Cast & Crew
25 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Hurt
as Hazel
Richard Briers
as Fiver
Ralph Richardson
as Chief Rabbit
Michael Graham Cox
as Bigwig (voice)
John Bennett
as Captain Holly (voice)
Simon Cadell
as Blackberry
Terence Rigby
as Silver
Roy Kinnear
as Pipkin
Richard O Callaghan
as Dandelion
Denholm Elliott
as Cowslip
Lynn Farleigh
as Cat (voice)
Mary Maddox
as Clover (voice)
Supporting cast
9Zero Mostel
as Kehaar (voice)
Harry Andrews
as General Woundwort (voice)
Hannah Gordon
as Hyzenthlay (voice)
Nigel Hawthorne
as Captain Campion (voice)
Clifton Jones
as Blackavar (voice)
Derek Griffiths
as Vervain (voice)
Michael Hordern
as Frith (voice)
Joss Ackland
as Black Rabbit (voice)
Michelle Price
as Lucy (voice)
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1Other crew
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