Lionheart
mild threat
Director(s)Michael Forlong
Production year1969
Genre(s)Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Approx. running minutes58m
CastSimba, James Forlong, Robert Dean
Lionheart
mild threat
A young boy and his friends come to the aid of an escaped circus lion in this adventure comedy drama short film from 196 ...
A young boy and his friends come to the aid of an escaped circus lion in this adventure comedy drama short film from 1968.
threat and horror
There are occasional suspenseful scenes involving encounters with a circus lion on the loose. Armed soldiers hunt down and attempt to shoot the animal, but the situation is eventually resolved in a reassuring manner. In another scene, two young children armed with a small knife approach a cow with the intention of killing it to feed the lion, but they quickly abandon their plan.
additional issues
Two children are briefly shown wrestling one another during arguments, but there is no clear sight of any blows, and no one is hurt. Other issues include infrequent very mild bad language (‘hell’).
Classified Date:
28/11/1968
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Children's Film Foundation
mild threat
Classified Date:
16/03/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
threat and horror
There are occasional suspenseful scenes involving encounters with a circus lion on the loose. Armed soldiers hunt down and attempt to shoot the animal, but the situation is eventually resolved in a reassuring manner. In another scene, two young children armed with a small knife approach a cow with the intention of killing it to feed the lion, but they quickly abandon their plan.
additional issues
Two children are briefly shown wrestling one another during arguments, but there is no clear sight of any blows, and no one is hurt. Other issues include infrequent very mild bad language (‘hell’).
Classified date16/03/2026
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
There are occasional suspenseful scenes involving encounters with a circus lion on the loose. Armed soldiers hunt down and attempt to shoot the animal, but the situation is eventually resolved in a reassuring manner. In another scene, two young children armed with a small knife approach a cow with the intention of killing it to feed the lion, but they quickly abandon their plan.
additional issues
Two children are briefly shown wrestling one another during arguments, but there is no clear sight of any blows, and no one is hurt. Other issues include infrequent very mild bad language (‘hell’).
Director(s)Michael Forlong
Production year1969
Genre(s)Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Approx. running minutes58m
CastSimba, James Forlong, Robert Dean
Classified Date:
28/11/1968
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Children's Film Foundation
mild threat
Classified Date:
16/03/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
threat and horror
There are occasional suspenseful scenes involving encounters with a circus lion on the loose. Armed soldiers hunt down and attempt to shoot the animal, but the situation is eventually resolved in a reassuring manner. In another scene, two young children armed with a small knife approach a cow with the intention of killing it to feed the lion, but they quickly abandon their plan.
additional issues
Two children are briefly shown wrestling one another during arguments, but there is no clear sight of any blows, and no one is hurt. Other issues include infrequent very mild bad language (‘hell’).
Classified date16/03/2026
LanguageEnglish
