Die Reise der Pinguine gewährt faszinierende Einblicke in die Antarktis und erzählt vom einzigartigen Lebenskreislauf der Kaiserpinguine.
Der französische Dokumentarfilmer Luc Jacquet hat einen Film von enormer Bildgewalt geschaffen, der die Zuschauer in eine andere Welt entführt. Die Protagonisten seines Filmes sind Pinguineltern, die hunderte von Kilometern durch die Antarktis wandern, um in der eisigen Kälte des Südpols ihre Eier auszubrüten. Hingerissen von der Stärke der außergewöhnlichen Tiere, erlebt der Zuschauer das Heranwachsen eines Pinguinbabys, nimmt an dessen ersten Ausflügen teil, erlebt heitere und dramatische Augenblicke.
Emilie Simon, in Frankreich längst kein Geheimtipp mehr, macht mit ihren elektronischen Klängen und Songs den Film auch akustisch zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis.
| Charles Berling | Narrator - Penguin Father (voice: French version) |
| Romane Bohringer | Narrator - Penguin Mother (voice: French version) |
| Jules Sitruk | Narrator - Penguin Baby (voice: French version) |
| Thorsten Michaelis | Männl. Pinguin (German Version) |
| Laurent Chalet | Director of Photography |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Narrator (voice: Indian version) |
| Jérôme Maison | Director of Photography |
| Gösta Ekman | Narrator (voice: Swedish version) |
| Andrea Loewig | Weibl. Pinguin (German Version) |
| Emilie Simon | Composer |
| Adrian Kilian | Baby Pinguin (German Version) |
| Fiorello | Narrator (voice: Italian version) |
| Sky Du Mont | Narrator (German version) |
| Morgan Freeman | Narrator (voice: English version) |
| Sofie Gråbøl | Narrator (voice: Danish version) |
| Ilann Girard | Executive Producer |
| Hikari Ishida | Haha-Penguin (voice: Japanese version) |
| Ryûnosuke Kamiki | Ko-Penguin (voice: Japanese version) |
| Marek Kondrat | Narrator (voice: Polish version) |
| Sabine Emiliani | Film Editor |
| Takao Ôsawa | Chichi-Penguin (voice: Japanese version) |
| Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Laurent Quaglio | Sound Designer |
| Takao Ohsawa | Chichi-Penguin (voice) |
| Alex Wurman | Composer |
| Jean-Christophe Barret | post-production supervisor |
| Daniel Longuein | Production Manager |
| Willy Allen | adr supervisor: US version |
| Pascal Dedeye | foley artist |
| André Dias | dubbing editor |
| Eric Ferret | additional sound recordist (as Éric Ferret) |
| Scott A. Jennings | supervising sound editor: US version |
| Gérard Lamps | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Armelle Mahé | foley recordist |
| Catherine Athon | head of digital post-production |
| Odile Beraud | scan and shoot (as Odile Béraud) |
| Benjamin Clément | 2k operator |
| Gisèle Courcoux | scan and shoot |
| Arnaud Damez | computer designer |
| Fabien Eigen | scan and shoot |
| Émilie Feret | digital special effects coordinator |
| Thierry Flament | computer designer |
| Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge | Flame artist: Eclair lab / computer designer |
| Sébastien Guyot | scan and shoot (as Sebastien Guyot) |
| Luc Guénard | calibration |
| Laurent Jentot | computer designer |
| Christophe Keichinger | scan and shoot |
| Robert Kfoury | scan and shoot |
| Marc Latil | visual artist |
| Benjamin Massoubre | 2k operator |
| Joyce Menger | head of digital special effects |
| David Montoya | scan and shoot |
| Frederic Moreau | head of digital special effects (as Frédéric Moreau) |
| Stéphane Praux | 2K exploitation |
| Laetitia Roure | digital grading post-production coordinator |
| Gérard Soirant | scan and shoot (as Gerard Soirant) |
| Georges Tornero | digital artist |
| Karim Touzene | computer designer |
| François de Riberolles | submarine cinematographer |
| Éric Leclerc | aerial photographer |
| Patrick Marchand | submarine cinematographer |
