---
title: 'The Black Cauldron (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Rich'
released: '1985-07-24'
runtime_minutes: 77
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-cauldron-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088814/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Cauldron (1985)

1985 · PG · 77 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Drama · United States

Part of: Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film

## Synopsis

The Black Cauldron is a 1985 American animated fantasy adventure film loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain series of novels, and directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, it stars Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet, John Byner, Phil Fondacaro, and John Hurt, with John Huston serving as the narrator for the prologue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rich), [Ted Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-berman)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rich), [Ted Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-berman), [Art Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-stevens), [Joe Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hale), [Vance Gerry](https://cinepixo.com/people/vance-gerry), [Peter Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-young), [David Jonas](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-jonas), [Al Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-wilson-2), [Roy Morita](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-morita)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)

## Cast

- [Grant Bardsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-bardsley) as Taran
- [Susan Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-sheridan) as Eilonwy
- [Freddie Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-jones) as Dallben
- [Nigel Hawthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-hawthorne) as Fflewddur Fflam
- [Arthur Malet](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-malet) as King Eidilleg
- [John Byner](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-byner) as Gurgi
- [Lindsay Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-rich) as Fair Folk
- [Brandon Call](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-call) as Fair Folk
- [Gregory Levinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-levinson) as Fair Folk
- [Eda Reiss Merin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eda-reiss-merin) as Orddu
- [Adele Malis-Morey](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-malis-morey) as Orwen
- [Billie Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-hayes) as Orgoch
- [Phil Fondacaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-fondacaro) as Creeper
- [Peter Renaday](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-renaday) as The Horned King's henchmen
- [James Almanzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-almanzar) as The Horned King's henchmen

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-black-cauldron
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-cauldron-1985
Film facts: Wikidata (Q329316); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.