Perri (film)

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Perri is a 1957 American adventure film from Walt Disney Productions, based on Felix Salten's novel Perri: The Youth of a Squirrel. It’s part of Disney’s True-Life Adventures but labeled True-Life Fantasy to show a mix of documentary footage and a fictional story. The film follows Perri, a young female squirrel, as she learns forest life and finds a mate named Porro. The narrative uses forest seasons—Time of Learning, Time of Beauty, Time of Peace, and Together Time—to convey life in the wild.

Produced, narrated, and written by Winston Hibler, Perri blends real nature footage with a crafted storyline. Filming took place over three years, using 16mm footage shot in Utah (Salt Lake City area and the Uinta National Forest), which was edited down and converted to 35mm for release. The score was composed by Paul Smith. Roy E. Disney appears on-screen for the first time as a photographer.

Perri was released on August 28, 1957, with a running time of 75 minutes. It earned about $1.75 million in US rentals. In later years, it was issued on Disney DVD in 2006 as part of the Legacy Collection and became available on Disney+ when the service launched in 2019.