The Salty Sea
1965, English. Directed by John Wilson.
An animated adaptation of the classic tale
A folktale that explains how the sea became salty. The sea wasn't always salty but when a magic mill is taken on board a ship and set to grind salt disaster follows. The salt keeps flowing but no-one knows how to stop the mill and eventually the weight of the salt takes the ship and the mill to the bottom of the sea.
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- 0h 5m
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- English
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The Salty Sea isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1965. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Salty Sea?
The Salty Sea (1965) was directed by John Wilson and stars Hans Conried.