---
title: 'Watership Down (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Hubley'
released: '1978-10-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/watership-down-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078480/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Watership Down (1978)

1978 · PG · 92 min · Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Family · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure drama film, written, produced, and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams. It features the voices of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Harry Andrews, Simon Cadell, Nigel Hawthorne, Roy Kinnear, and Zero Mostel in his final film role.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Hubley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hubley), [Martin Rosen](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-rosen)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Rosen](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-rosen), [Richard Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-adams-3)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Angela Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-morley), [Malcolm Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-williamson)
- **Editor:** [Terry Rawlings](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-rawlings)

## Cast

- [Ralph Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-richardson) as Chief Rabbit of Sandleford
- [Denholm Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/denholm-elliott) as Cowslip
- [Hannah Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannah-gordon) as Hyzenthlay
- [Richard Briers](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-briers) as Fiver
- [John Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bennett) as Captain Holly
- [Roy Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-kinnear) as Pipkin
- [John Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hurt) as Hazel
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews) as General Woundwort
- [Michael Graham Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-graham-cox) as Bigwig
- [Zero Mostel](https://cinepixo.com/people/zero-mostel) as Kehaar
- [Richard O'Callaghan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-o-callaghan) as Dandelion
- [Simon Cadell](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-cadell) as Blackberry

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