The Plague Dogs

Two dogs escape from a research facility that has been carrying out horrific experiments on them and roam around rural England, searching for somewhere to live free. Martin Rosen’s masterpiece based on the novel by Richard Adams, their second collaboration after the legendary Watership Down, is an emotionally charged, violent adults-only animation. A box-office flop at the time, it is still one of world cinema’s best-kept secrets today.

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Direction: Martin Rosen

Script: Martin Rosen, based on the novel by Richard Adams

Editing: Richard Harkness

Sound: Philip Alton, Tim Holland, Brian Lintern, John Nutt

Music: Patrick Gleeson

Actors: (voices) John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton

Production: Nepenthe Productions

Producers: Martin Rosen

Co-production: United Artists

Sets: Gordon Harrison

Format: BluRay

Color: Color

Production Country: UK, USA

Production Year: 1982

Duration: 103΄

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Martin Rosen

Martin Rosen (born 1936) is an American-born British filmmaker and theater producer. Rosen is known for having directed the animated film adaptations of Watership Down (1978) and The Plague Dogs (1982), both from the Richard Adams novels. Rosen originally worked as a theater agent and talent scout, before he moved with his wife to the United Kingdom. He first produced the Canadian feature A Great Big Thing (1968) and later co-produced Ken Russell’s film version of Women in Love (1969), which won Academy Awards for Glenda Jackson and Billy Williams (cinematography). His last film as director was Stacking (1987).