Who Shot Robin?
| Movie | |
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| German title | Who Shot Robin? |
| Original title | Who Killed Cock Robin? |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1935 |
| length | 8:30 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David's hand |
| script | Bill Cottrell, Joe Grant , Bob Kuwahara |
| production | Walt Disney |
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Who Shot Robin? (Also How died Cock Robin?; English: Who Killed Cock Robin? ) is a Disney cartoon from the Silly Symphony series from 1935 .
All the roles in this film are played by birds.
action
The film's namesake Robin - a male robin - plays a Minne-style song at the beginning of the film to get the attention of his lover Janett - a very busty female wren. While playing, he is suddenly hit by an arrow and falls to the ground, apparently dead. The immediately rushing police arrested all visitors to a bar in the immediate vicinity of the crime scene. In doing so, as with the rest of the film, she's pretty brutal. She locks the visitors in a bird cage she has brought with her.
After a change of scene, the court process begins. The judge is represented by a male owl, the prosecutor by a sullen parrot . The jurors are several identical looking birds. The first defendant to appear in court is black. However, he is apparently ignorant and is placed in a cage labeled "Sing Sing". The second defendant is one of the "tough guys" from the pub. He refuses to testify. The third is a crazy cuckoo who, when influenced, declares the judge, the prosecutor, both and then himself guilty.
Then Janett is called to the stand. The judge and jury instantly succumb to their looks and charm. She tells something about Robin and then suggests, because the defendants looked "suspicious", that they should be found guilty. The jury agreed to this without further ado. The judge is just announcing the verdict that everyone should be hanged when Cupid appears. He explains that he shot Robin, but that Robin is not dead, but in love. Janett then goes to Robin and kisses him passionately, which immediately brings him back to life.
Awards
The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best animated short film in 1936 and won an award in the category of best animated film at the Venice International Film Festival that same year . It was also named a Top Ten Film by the National Board of Review in 1935 .