The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Movie · G · 72 min · ★ 7.1 · 55% critics
In a fantasy kingdom, a humble shoe repairer and a spirited princess are drawn together when sacred treasures vanish from the palace. Their journey to recover them becomes a race to protect the city from looming danger, with plenty of slapstick chaos and imaginative set pieces along the way.
Based on The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
Also known as Arabian Knight · The Princess and the Cobbler · The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time
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Details
- Years
- 1993
- Release date
- 1993-09-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (140 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like offbeat animated fantasy with surreal humor and bold visuals, somewhere between The Black Cauldron and The Princess and the Goblin; Not for you if you need a polished, tightly paced story.
Pros: wildly inventive animation; funny slapstick antics; colorful fantasy world | Cons: very thin story; unfinished-looking scenes; some sequences drag
Themes
- witch
- princess
- prophecy
- battle
- desert
- cobbler
- evil mastermind
- professional thief
Cast & crew
Vincent Price
as Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Matthew Broderick
as Tack the Cobbler (voice)
Jennifer Beals
as Princess YumYum (voice)
Anthony Quayle
as King Nod (voice)
Joan Sims
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
Donald Pleasence
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Jonathan Winters
as The Thief (voice)
- PM
Paul Matthews
as Mighty One-Eye (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Eric Bogosian
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Directed by Richard Williams
Created by Richard Williams