''Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs'' (lit. ''The Adventures of the Smurfs'') is a 1965
animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...
compilation film
A compilation film, or compilation movie is a film composed of scenes and shots taken from two or more prior films and edited together so as to make a new film, whether on the same or a different subject. The most common example would be a docum ...
based on the Belgian comic book series ''
The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
''. It was the first animated feature film featuring the Smurf characters. The film was released in 1965 in
Belgium
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.
[María Luisa Amador, Jorge Ayala Blanco, ''Cartelera Cinematográfica, 1980-1989'' (2006), p. 151.]
The
Belvision
Raymond Leblanc (born 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé and ''Blake and Mortimer'' by Edgar P. Jac ...
film ''
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
''The Smurfs and the Magic Flute'' (french: La Flûte à six schtroumpfs, lit. ''The Flute of Six Smurfs'') is a 1976 Belgian animated film starring the Smurfs, directed by their creator, Peyo. Although the film premiered in 1976 in Belgium, it ...
'' was released eleven years afterwards to successful box office returns.
Plot
The film consists of
five black-and-white shorts made in the previous years for broadcast on
Walloon TV:
The Smurfnapper
A Smurf gets himself captured by Gargamel. Now, the rest of the Smurfs must save him before he gets killed.
The Smurfs and the Magic Egg
The Smurfs discover a magic egg, but they do not know it has been created by Gargamel.
The Black Smurfs
A contagious disease terrorizes the village.
The Smurfs and the Dragon
The Smurfs befriend a domesticated dragon.
The Flying Smurf
One of the Smurfs attempts to fly like a bird.
See also
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List of animated feature-length films
These lists of animated feature films compiles animated feature films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release (the year the completed film was first released to the public). Theatrical releases as well as ...
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The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
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1965 films
1965 animated films
1960s children's fantasy films
Animated films based on comics
Belgian animated films
Belgian children's fantasy films
Films based on Belgian comics
The Smurfs in film
1960s French-language films
French-language Belgian films
Films edited from television programs
Animated anthology films
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