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Tulips Shall Grow (1942)

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In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Cast & Crew

Director
George Pal
  • Profile picture of Victor Jory
    (voice) Victor Jory

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