This film was the first Disney full-length animated feature to hold its world premiere outside the United States. It was first released in England.
Several early critics objected to the realistic portrayal of Bambi's and Ronnos's fight over Faline, however, this sequence is now considered a masterpiece.
Two performing championship ice skaters were photographed as a refrence for Bambi and Thumper in the slippery frozen pond scene.
