A Little Princess is a 1995 American children's film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, and Vanessa Lee Chester. Set during World War I, it focuses on a young girl who is relegated to a life of servitude in a New York City boarding school by the headmistress after receiving news that her father was killed in combat. Loosely based upon the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, this adaptation was heavily influenced by the 1939 cinematic version and takes creative liberties with the original story. Due to poor promotion by... Warner Bros., the film hardly made back half its budget. However, the film was critically acclaimed and given various awards, such as an Academy Award nomination for its significant achievements in art direction and cinematography, among other aspects of its production. Sara Crewe loves her childhood home in India, but she has to leave it when her beloved father enlists to fight for the British in World War I.
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| Release date: | May 10, 1995 |
| Directed by: | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mark Johnson |
| Editor: | Steven Weisberg |
| Music by: | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography: | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Screenplay by: | Richard LaGravenese, Elizabeth Chandler |
| Estimated budget: | $17,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | A Little Princess |
| Genre: | Fantasy |