Summary
Katy Caterpillar lives in a cherry tree deep in the forest, but she longs to see the wide world. When she finally gets her chance, she meets lots of fascinating characters along the way.
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 75
Audience score81%
Letterboxd · 378 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 adventure movies, −19 min on the typical 103
typical 10384Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 2 countries
Released
1984
July 5, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
AdventureAnimationFamilyLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
Mexico
Spain
Rated
- GUnited States
and 1 more9 people
Directing · 7
- José Luis Moro Director, Animation Director, Character Designer
- Santiago Moro Director
- Hak Ficq Layout
- Alan Shean Layout
- Lonnie Lloyd Layout
- Antonio Zurera Layout
Writing · 3
- Steve Hulett Screenplay
- Peter Young Screenplay
- Silvia Roche Screenplay
Production · 1
- Fabián Arnaud Producer
Sound · 2
- Nacho Méndez Original Music Composer
- Francisco Colmenero Vocal Coach
Visual Effects · 20
- José Abel Animation
- Melissa Freeman Animation
- Bob Treat Animation
- Istvan Fellner Animation
- Pam Cooke Animation
- John Freeman Animation
Other crew · 1
- Fernando Ruiz Creator
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