Donald in Mathmagic Land
(1959)
Overview
Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathematics can be useful in our real life. Through this journey Donald shows us how mathematics are not just numbers and charts, but magical living things.
Directors
Hamilton Luske, Les Clark, Wolfgang Reitherman, Joshua Meador
Writers
Milt Banta, Bill Berg, Heinz Haber
Top Billed
Clarence Nash
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10May 1, 2026
I usually found most of the Disney attempts at educational films a bit simplistic and reliant on dry narration, but the selection of "Donald" to take us all on a journey into some of the practical applications of mathematics has to be one of their more inspired. Using a cleverly crafted sequence of animations to illustrate the animation, our curious duck explores just how square roots, angles, percentages and graphs all play a crucial part in jus… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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