My Father's Dragon
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
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Cast
35 people
Jacob Tremblay
Elmer Elevator (voice)
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Golshifteh Farahani
Dela Elevator (voice)
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Gaten Matarazzo
Boris the Dragon (voice)
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Stranger Things
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Dianne Wiest
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
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Edward Scissorhands
The Mule
Rita Moreno
Mrs. McClaren (voice)
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Oz
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Chris O'Dowd
Kwan the Macaque (voice)
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The IT Crowd
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Judy Greer
Soda the Whale (voice)
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Archer
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Alan Cumming
Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)
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The Good Wife
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Yara Shahidi
Callie (voice)
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Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
black-ish
Jackie Earle Haley
Tamir the Tarsier (voice)
Known for
Shutter Island
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Mary Kay Place
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Being John Malkovich
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Leighton Meester
Sasha (voice)
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Nora Twomey Director · Meg LeFauve Screenplay John C. Morgan Story
United States release November 4, 2022 · Produced in Ireland, United States · Languages English, Norwegian
Production
Cartoon Saloon
Production · Studio
Mockingbird Pictures
Production
Parallel Films
Production
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
Netflix
Studio
Ireland · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Norwegian
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 8, 2022
Premiere · London Film Festival
Ireland · November 4, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States · November 4, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States · November 11, 2022
Digital · Netflix
France
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Greece
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Ireland
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Italy
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Japan
November 11, 2022 · Digital
Poland
November 11, 2022 · Digital
Singapore
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
South Korea
November 11, 2022 · Digital
Spain
November 11, 2022 · Theatrical · Netflix
Türkiye
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
November 4, 2022 · Limited theatrical
November 11, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
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