The Black Cauldron

Medieval landscape, summer solstice, a rusty gate creaks. A young pigkeeper's daydreams of valor are disrupted by the kidnapping of his prophetic pig Hen Wen, taken by the dark lord Horned King. This darker Disney effort holds up surprisingly well on a rainy afternoon.

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Richard Rich directed The Black Cauldron in 1985. See Richard Rich's full filmography, where to start with Richard Rich, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Rich.

The Black Cauldron was released in 1985 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 80 minutes.