Duck Ugly

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Duck Ugly
French Couac, le vilain petit canard
Directed by Deane Taylor
Emmanuel Klotz
Written byDeane Taylor
Screenplay byDeane Taylor
Paul Morris
Fred Louf
Production
company
Running time
65 minutes
CountriesFrance
Ireland
LanguageFrench

Duck Ugly (Couac, le vilain petit canard in French) is a 2000 French animated film co-produced by Millimages, TerraGlyph Productions, Ireland and Moro Studios, Barcelona. It was directed by Deane Taylor and Emmanuel Klotz.

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The film is based on the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen.

Cast

English cast


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