Babar: King of the Elephants is a 1998 animated film made by Nelvana

Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...

 Limited and released in theaters in Canada by Alliance Communications

Alliance Communications

Alliance Communications was a former Canadian-based movie distribution company. Based in Toronto, Ontario the company was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Heroux, John Kemeny, Robert Lantos and Jay Firestone. It acquired a Montreal-based Francophone production company, Vivafilm, in 1990. In...

 and in the U.S. straight to video by New Line Home Video. Based on Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator known for creating the Babar books, the first of which appeared in 1931. He was the fourth and youngest child of Maurice de Brunhoff, a publisher, and his wife Marguerite. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious Ecole Alsacienne...

's book series

Babar the Elephant

Babar the Elephant is a French children's fictional character who first appeared in Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success. An English language version, entitled The Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and also in the United States. The book is based on...

, it is the second Babar movie, following 1989's Babar: The Movie

Babar: The Movie

Babar: The Movie is a 1989 drawn-animated film made by Canada's Nelvana Limited and France's Ellipse Programme, and distributed by New Line Cinema. It is based on the characters of Jean de Brunhoff's eponymous children's books, and was a follow-up to the first season of the HBO TV series...

, and is also a remake of the 1989–1991 HBO television series

Babar (TV series)

Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international...

. Because it follows the books closer than the series did, it contradicts it on several points. This is the very last film by Alliance Communications

Alliance Communications

Alliance Communications was a former Canadian-based movie distribution company. Based in Toronto, Ontario the company was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Heroux, John Kemeny, Robert Lantos and Jay Firestone. It acquired a Montreal-based Francophone production company, Vivafilm, in 1990. In...

.

Cast

• Philip Williams ... Zephir (voice)
• Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
  
    ... Marabou / Sales Manager (voice)
• Ellen-Ray Hennessy ... Babar's Mother / Misfortune (voice)
• Kristin Fairlie
  Kristin Fairlie
  Kristin Fairlie is an actress and was a child actress. She was the voice of Little Bear on Little Bear. In 1998 she won a Young Artist of Hollywood Award for Best Ensemble for her lead role in the Showtime original movie The Sweetest Gift. Past Winners include Jena Malone and Leonardo DiCaprio...
  
    ... Young Babar (voice)
• Chris Wiggins
  Chris Wiggins
  Chris Wiggins is an English actor.He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952....
  
    ... Cornelius (voice)
• Jennifer Martini ... Young Celeste (voice)
• Kyle Fairlie ... Young Arthur / Alexander (voice)
• Elizabeth Hanna
  Elizabeth Hanna
  Elizabeth Hanna is a Canadian film and television actress, most notable for her voice acting work in animated films. She later complemented her voice acting skills by becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist.-Early history:...
  
    ... Madame (voice)
• Paul Haddad ... Elevator Boy / Tailor (voice)
• Dan Lett
  Dan Lett
  Daniel Frederick Lett is a Canadian actor. He attended White Oaks Secondary School in nearby Oakville, Ontario. He has acted in films, theatre and television. His principal roles have been in the series F/X, The X-Files, E.N.G., Street Legal, and Wind at My Back.He has a brother and a sister...
  
  ... King Babar (voice)