sentences:  In that version, Peter Ustinov narrates and voices the main role of the bird.The film begins with a desolate landscape and a hill of rubble near the skyline; a bird known only as "L'Oiseau" walks in and addresses the audience and says that it's an honor and privilege to tell you the story you are about to see, and that for once it's absolutely true; the bird then says he knows because he was there and he wasn't alone.As L'Oiseau begins the story, the hill of rubble transforms into a great palace.