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Clip description
Grendel (voiced by Peter Ustinov), alone on his birthday, sings with the support of a group of oysters.
Curator’s notes
In one of the film’s musical sequences, the monster Grendel is portrayed as a sad and lonely figure, although the mood is lightened by the comic routine featuring a row of singing oysters. Human superstition is conveyed by the stone carving of the great dragon spirit and subverts Grendel’s description of himself as ‘silly’.
