The Ugly Duckling

1939

AnimationComedy

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

"A baby duckling is shunned by his family because he is different."

Rating

7.009
174 votes

Popularity

1.3804

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Runtime

9 min.

Status

Released

Release: 4/7/1939

Credits

The Ugly Duckling

Hamilton LuskeDirector

The Ugly Duckling

Clarence NashDucks (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

1/30/2025

7 / 10

There is something really quite touching about this Disneyfication of the timeless Hans Christian Andersen story. We start with the expectant parents awaiting their fifth chick. It's born but clearly isn't the same as the others and it's promptly rejected. Abandoned to fend for itself, it tries to make friends but everything is new and unfamiliar. Then, fortune smiles and ... Andersen's fables always did have a valid moral underpinning them and this one seems all the more ripe for a sensitively scored and delicately drawn version that has, mercifully, been spared the traditional singing accompaniment. It's surprisingly effective, this.

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