The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) Poster

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7/10
jazz up the fairy tale genre
lee_eisenberg23 April 2022
Everyone's heard the story of Cinderella, but you've probably never seen it acted out by spheniscids.* That's just what happens in "The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin". Janet Perlman's Academy Award-nominated short lets the Antarctic fowl do what we tend to see in the various incarnations of the story. Fun stuff. Another credit to Canada's National Film Board.

*Spheniscidae is the taxonomic family to which penguins belong.
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8/10
Cute Retelling of "Cinderella" with Penguins
wjblack26 March 2000
Carefully crafted by Canadian animators to be language neutral (i.e. no words are used at all, and credits are in both English and French), this is a very cute retelling of the Cinderella story with penguins playing all characters. Perfect for penguin lovers (like me) and active kids with short attention spans (it doesn't dawdle). Its short length and language neutrality may also make it ideal for ESL or multilingual classroom environments.
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10/10
Sweet, gentle version of Cinderella courtesy of the NFBC
llltdesq6 November 2001
This short, nominated for an Academy Award, is a sweet, gentle and affectionate spin on the Cinderella fairy tale, as done with penguins! A production of the National Film Board of Canada, the short displays a true fondness for the source material while still having its own take on things. Most wholeheartedly recommended.
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8/10
An Old Story
Hitchcoc26 October 2021
The interesting concept of some quite remarkably drawn penguins make the classic story fun. The bold colors and neat images are fun. The story follows everything except there is a flipper instead of a glass slipper. No words are spoken and it doesn't matter.
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