Watership Down
“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.”
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
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Cast
21 people
John Hurt
Hazel (voice)
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Richard Briers
Fiver (voice)
Known for
Peter Pan
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Michael Graham Cox
Bigwig (voice)
Known for
The Lord of the Rings
Women in Love
John Bennett
Captain Holly (voice)
Known for
Bridge of Dragons
The Plague Dogs
Ralph Richardson
Chief Rabbit (voice)
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The Fallen Idol
Simon Cadell
Blackberry (voice)
Also in
Hi-de-Hi!
The Cold Light of Day
Terence Rigby
Silver (voice)
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Roy Kinnear
Pipkin (voice)
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Richard O'Callaghan
Dandelion (voice)
Known for
Carry On Loving
Denholm Elliott
Cowslip (voice)
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Trading Places
Lynn Farleigh
Cat (voice)
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Sherlock
Mary Maddox
Clover (voice)
Also in
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
Martin Rosen Director · John Hubley Writer Richard Adams Author
Worldwide gross $3.7M · Budget $1M · United States release October 31, 1978
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,713,768
Gross vs. budget
3.7×
Production
Nepenthe Productions
Production
Watership Productions
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · October 14, 1978
Theatrical · Swedish
United Kingdom · October 19, 1978
Limited theatrical
United States · October 31, 1978
Theatrical
Australia
January 1, 1979 · Theatrical
France
December 28, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
November 14, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 20, 1978 · Theatrical
Italy
April 4, 1980 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 14, 1978 · Theatrical
August 18, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
March 1, 2022 · Limited theatrical · English · Klassiker
United Kingdom
December 13, 1978 · Theatrical
February 1, 1988 · Physical · VHS
June 25, 2001 · Physical · DVD
October 28, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
October 12, 2024 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 25, 2024 · Physical · UHD
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