''The Legend of the North Wind'' is a 1992

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directed by Juan Bautista Berasategi (originally credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela). It was based upon a story by Gregorio Muro and Josean Muñoz, and produced by Episa and Euskal Pictures International. It was produced in the Spain under the working title of ''Balleneros'' (Basque title: ''Balearenak''), before being released in 1992 as ''La leyenda del viento del Norte'' ( Sp), ''La légende du vent du nord'' ( Fr), and ''Ipar haizearen erronka'' (

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). Originally, the released film was credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela, but Berasategi sued the producers for plagiarism, charging that the majority of the film was developed under his direction, and that Ruiz de Austri and Varela had received undue credit for what was actually his work. Berasategi eventually won the case, and received legal recognition as the film's director. This is reflected on more recent releases of the film, in which the original director credit is replaced with a new credit for Berasategi. An

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- dubbed version was not released until 1997 in North America as

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by Plaza Entertainment and

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in 1997. The Spanish release was followed by a 13-episode

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, and a 1994 sequel called ''El regreso del Viento del Norte'', or ''The Return of the North Wind''.

Synopsis

To get his hands on a valuable pod of whales, a 17th-century European daredevil in

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foolishly attempts to release the powers of the mythical North Wind, who was trapped in a pot thanks to a shared effort by

sailors and

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Indians. Now, the descendant of those Indians, Watuna, and the descendants of those Basque sailors, Ane and Peiot, must defeat the evil Athanasius before he achieves his purpose.

Voice cast

Basque version (original version) * Xabier Eguzkiza as the Narrator * Xebe Atencia as Pello * Asun Iturriagagoitia as Ane * Luz Enparanza as Watuna * Xabier Eguzkiza as Captain Galar * Kepa Cueto as The North Wind/Athanasius * Xabier Ponbo as Bakailu * Aitor Larrañaga as Martin * Tere Jaioas The Sea Spanish version * Damián Velasco * Chelo Vivares * Gonzalo Durán * Vicente Gisbert * Isabel Fernández * María José Castro * Ángela María Romero * Amparo Climent * Teófilo Martínez * Pedro Sempson * José Carabias * Daniel Dicenta * Eduardo Jover * José María Martín English version * Sonja Ball as Anne * Teddy Lee Dillon as Elliot *

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as Watuna *

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as Captain Galar * Terrence Scammell as The North Wind/Athanasius * Rick Jones as Barnaby *

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as Martin * Pierre Lenoir as The Mi'kmaq Chief * Gary Jewell as Mr. Blackburn (credited as "Ship Owner") * Kathleen Fee as The Sea

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