The Little Ark

1972 American film
  • Jan de Hartog (novel)
  • Joanna Crawford
Starring
  • Theodore Bikel
  • Geneviève Ambas
  • Philip Frame
Cinematography
  • Austin Dempster
  • Denys Coop
Edited byFred A. ChulackMusic byFred Karlin
Production
company
Cinema Center Films
Distributed byNational General Pictures
Release date
  • March 1972 (1972-03)
Running time
100 min.CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Little Ark is a 1972 children's film directed by James B. Clark, produced by Robert B. Radnitz for Cinema Center Films and released theatrically in the U.S. by National General Pictures. It stars Geneviève Ambas and Philip Frame as children, believed to be World War II orphans, that befriend a local fisherman (Theodore Bikel) after he saves them from a flood.[1]

Cast

  • Theodore Bikel as The Captain
  • Geneviève Ambas as Adinda
  • Philip Frame as Jan
  • Max Croiset as Father Grijpma
  • Truus Dekker as Mother Grijpma

Awards

Composer Fred Karlin and lyricist Megan Karlin were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Come Follow, Follow Me".[1]

Reception

In Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, he gave the film three stars and wrote, "Another good children's film from producer Robert Radnitz; this one concerns two Dutch youngsters who try to find their father after being separated from him during a flood."[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Little Ark (1972)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin. p. 809. ISBN 978-0452289789. little ark clark 1972.

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