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trondmm
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Info: Disney foreign dubs - and preservation
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14-Jan-2019, 9:50 AM

I’m also trying to collect old Norwegian dubs of Disney movies. For a long time, dubbing was very rare in Norway, so there aren’t that many Disney movies that has been redubbed, which helps keeping the “missing dubs” low.

Anyway - here’s what I’ve been able to find out about redubs so far:

Alice in Wonderland
First Disney movie to be released with Norwegian dub. Original Dub 1951, available on VHS (with Norwegian title cards). Redubbed for 1998 VHS release

Fun and Fancy Free
Original Dub 1952, available on VHS. Mickey and the Beanstalk segment redubbed for VHS/DVD release

Peter Pan
Original Dub 1954, available on VHS. Redubbed for 1998 VHS release

(The movies between Peter Pan and Aristocats were not dubbed originally)

Aristocats
Original Dub 1971, Not available on home video, redubbed for 1994 theatrical re-release.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
First dub in 1983. Not available on home video. Redubbed in 1994 for VHS release.
Two scenes were cut for the 1983 release, but the 1994 VHS is afaik uncut. This might be why the movie had to be redubbed (although, I don’t think there was much (if any) dialogue in these scenes).
One scene (The Silly Song) is available on “Jiminy Cricket’s Christmas”. And I believe the “Heigh-Ho” Sing Along Song VHS use the original dub for the songs “Heigh-Ho” and “The Dwarfs’ Yodel Song”.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Not released in theatres in Norway. Dubbed for 1997 VHS release.
However, the three short movies (Honey Tree, Blustery Day, Tigger Too) were dubbed by NRK when they were shown on TV in the 1980s. None of these are available on home video. I have about half of Tigger from this dub.
All three shorts are also available on VHS, but Tigger is the only one with Norwegian voices. I don’t know if they were dubbed on cinema, but I assume the VHS releases reflect their theatrical releases, and that Tigger is the only short that was dubbed. This dub is different from the NRK dub.

All movies that were dubbed for their theatrical release after The Aristocats, has kept their original dub for all home video releases.

In addition, many of the True Life Adventures were shown on Norwegian cinemas with Norwegian narration. Some of these are available on VHS:

  • White Wilderness
  • The African Lion
  • The Living Desert
  • The Vanishing Prairie
  • The Best of Walt Disney’s True-Life Adventures

The remaining True-Life Adventures has never been released on home video, afaik. But some of them (particularly the short subjects) were probably distributed on 16mm to schools.

Also, many episodes of the Disneyland anthology series were shown on Norwegian TV during the 60s, with Norwegian dubbing/narration. None of these has been released on home video, but various episodes were distributed to schools on 16mm. I have a copy of two abbreviated episodes (“Man in flight” and “Our friend the atom”) that were sourced from these 16mm copies. The audio track probably still exist in NRK’s archives.