The Marzipan Pig

The Marzipan Pig

The Marzipan Pig

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The Marzipan Pig

1990

0h 30m

8.5(2 votes)

Animation

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

Narrated by Tim Curry and based on the book by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, a lonely, lost marzipan pig reaches out with love, in a strange chain of events, to an owl, a mouse and a hibiscus flower.

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Tim Curry

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