War of the Birds

"War of the Birds" is a danish animated movie directed by Jannik Hastrup in 1991, about two orphan birds, Oliver and Olivia, who fight against an evil vulture with the help of two mice.

Characters

*Oliver, a young red male sparrow. He lost his biological parents, who were killed by Fagin the vulture. He was adopted by a bluebird named Betty and Walter the owl. After he met Olivia, they become very close friends. He wants to take revenge for his parents' death.
*Olivia, a young blue female sparrow. Her parents were also killed by Fagin and she was saved from a cat by Betty. She has a crush on Oliver. At the end of the movie, Oliver and Olivia had two babies, a male like Oliver and a female like Olivia.
*Frederick, a young mouse who is a great friend of the birds.
*Ingolf, Frederick's brother. His dream was to fly like a bird.
*Fagin, an evil and cruel black vulture-like bird of prey, who killed Oliver and Olivia's parents, the mice's mother and Betty.
*Betty, a female bluebird, who adopted Oliver and Olivia. She was killed by Fagin when she tried to protect her children.
*Walter, an owl, the adoptive father of Oliver and Olivia.
*The Dove, a female dove and Fagin's slave. Both died in the final battle.
*Armstrong, a seagull, Walter's friend.

External links

* [http://www.dfi.dk/english/Danish+films/Directors/DirectorFact.htm?DirID=703 Jannik Hastrup=]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/849301/Jannik-Hastrup Jannik Hastrup's filmography]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226578/War-of-the-Birds/overview Overview of the film]