Jun 10, 2004
13 min
Full-HD

Through My Thick Glasses (2004)

An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.

Category

Animation War

Country

Canada Norway

Companies

Pravda ONF | NFB

Odd Børretzen

Grandfather (voice)

Sossen Krohg

Grandmother (voice)

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