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The Legend of the North Wind
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Wikipedia article
'The Legend of the North Wind' is a 1992 Spanish animated fantasy film 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 Muoz, 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 lgende du vent du nord' (Fr), and 'Ipar aizearen erronka' (Basque).
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 English-dubbed version was not released until 1997 in North America as direct to video by Plaza Entertainment and Nelvana in 1997.
The Spanish release was followed by a 13-episode TV series, 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 Newfoundland foolishly attempts to release the powers of the mythical North Wind, who was trapped in a pot thanks to a shared effort by Basque sailors and Mi'kmaq 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 Larraaga as Martin
* Tere Jaioas The Sea
'Spanish version'
* Damin Velasco
* Chelo Vivares
* Gonzalo Durn
* Vicente Gisbert
* Isabel Fernndez
* Mara Jos Castro
* ngela Mara Romero
* Amparo Climent
* Tefilo Martnez
* Pedro Sempson
* Jos Carabias
* Daniel Dicenta
* Eduardo Jover
* Jos Mara Martn
'English version'
* Sonja Ball as Anne
* Teddy Lee Dillon as Elliot
* Daniel Brochu as Watuna
* A.J. Henderson as Captain Galar
* Terrence Scammell as The North Wind/Athanasius
* Rick Jones as Barnaby
* Richard M. Dumont as Martin
* Pierre Lenoir as The Mi'kmaq Chief
* Gary Jewell as Mr. Blackburn (credited as "Ship Owner")
* Kathleen Fee as The Sea
References
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