1 h 25 min | Family | Documentary

March of the Penguins (2005)

March of the Penguins | France

Each winter, alone in the Antarctica, a truly remarkable journey takes place as it has done for millennia. Thousands of Emperor penguins abandon the deep blue security of their ocean home and clamber onto the frozen ice to begin their long journey into a region so bleak, so extreme, it supports no other wildlife at this time of year. In single file, the penguins march blinded by blizzards, buffeted by gale force winds. They head for their traditional breeding ground where - after a ritual courtship of intricate dances and delicate maneuvering, accompanied by a cacophony of ecstatic song - they will pair off into monogamous couples and mate. The females remain long enough only to lay a single egg. The males are left behind to guard and hatch the precious eggs, which they cradle at all times on top of their feet. Subjected to subzero temperatures and the terrible trials of the polar winter, they face great dangers. After two months during which the males eat nothing, the eggs begin to hatch. The chicks can not survive for long on their fathers' limited food reserves. If their mothers are late returning from the ocean with food, the newly-hatched young will die. Once the families are reunited, the roles reverse, the mothers remaining with their new young while their mates head, exhausted and starved, for the sea, and food. As the weather grows warmer and the ice floes crack and melt, the adults march many hundreds of miles over some of the most treacherous territory on Earth, until the chicks are ready to take their first faltering dive into the deep blue waters of the Antarctic. French language with latvian and russian subtitles.

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Description

Director

Luc Jacquet
Jérôme Maison
Liz Patrick

Writers

Luc Jacquet

Stars

Morgan Freeman
Narrator

Beck Bennett
Himself - Various Characters

Charles Berling
Le père

Aidy Bryant
Herself - Various Characters

Romane Bohringer
La mère

Michael Che
Himself - Various Characters

Jules Sitruk
Le bébé

Pete Davidson
Himself - Various Characters

Mikey Day
Himself - Various Characters

Colin Jost
Himself - Various Characters

Others...

Budget

3,300,000.00

Revenue

127,392,239.00

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Keywords

parent child relationship, survival, snow, nature documentary, penguin, antarctic, brood, autonomy, egg

Production

Canal+, Wild Bunch, Buena Vista International Film Production France, Alliance de Production Cinematographique (APC), L'Institut Polare Français Paul-Émile Victor, National Geographic Films, Bonne Pioche

Actor

Morgan Freeman, Beck Bennett, Charles Berling, Aidy Bryant, Romane Bohringer, Michael Che, Jules Sitruk, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Andrew Dismukes, Punkie Johnson, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Aristotle Athari, Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, Chloe Troast, Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, Jane Wickline, Chloe Fineman, Bowen Yang

Creators

Luc Jacquet (Director), Luc Jacquet (Screenplay), Christophe Lioud (Producer), Emmanuel Priou (Producer), Sabine Emiliani (Editor), Laurent Chalet (Director of Photography), Jérôme Maison (Director), Jérôme Maison (Director of Photography), Émilie Simon (Music), Lorne Michaels (Executive Producer), Jasmine Pierce (Writer), Liz Patrick (Director)

Alternative titles

March of the Penguins (US)
The Emperor's Journey (US)
El Viaje del Emperador (ES)
Los pingüinos de la Antártida (ES)
Pingvinresan (SE)
企鹅宝贝：南极的旅程 (CN)
皇帝ペンギン (JP)
Pingvinenes marsj (NO)

Release dates

10.02.2006 (DK)
18.11.2005 (IT)
13.10.2005 (DE)
19.10.2006 (AU)
27.10.2005 (AT)
08.12.2005 (GB)
19.05.2005 (CA)
26.01.2005 (FR)
26.01.2005 (US)