Is the movie The King and the Mockingbird available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

At Stream Tracker, we keep an eye on where timeless films live online. The King and the Mockingbird — Paul Grimault’s poetic animated fable about a young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plotting to escape a tyrannical king in love with her, with the clever mockingbird as their unlikely ally — is a landmark of French animation: rooftop escapes, a looming castle, courtly folly and sly rebellion. The film has earned lasting critical praise and several festival honors. In the article below, we check whether you can watch it right now on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+ and explain how to track its availability.

Synopsis

A young shepherdess and a chimney sweep plot to marry and flee the grasp of an oppressive, lovesick king, relying on the cunning of a mischievous mockingbird—the monarch’s sworn enemy—whose clever tricks keep them just out of reach.

Release date

1980

Duration

1h 23min

Rating

Director

Paul Grimault

Country

France

Genre(s)

Animation, Famille, Fantasy

Cast

Jean Martin Renaud Marx Agnès Viala Pascal Mazzotti Albert Médina Philippe Derrez Raymond Bussières