---
title: 'The Water Babies (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lionel Jeffries'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-water-babies-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Water Babies (1978)

1978 · 94 min · Fantasy, Family · United Kingdom, Poland


## Synopsis

The Water Babies is a 1978 live action-animated family film directed by Lionel Jeffries and starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, and Samantha Gates. It is very loosely based on the book The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lionel Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-jeffries)
- **Screenplay:** [Lionel Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-jeffries)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Phil Coulter](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-coulter)
- **Producer:** [Peter Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-shaw-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Scaife](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-scaife)

## Cast

- [Bernard Cribbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-cribbins)
- [David Jason](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-jason)
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)
- [Joan Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-greenwood)
- [Billie Whitelaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-whitelaw)
- [Jon Pertwee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-pertwee)
- [Paul Luty](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-luty)
- [Una Stubbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-stubbs)
- [David Tomlinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tomlinson)

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