Brendan and the Secret of Kells

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Movie
German title Brendan and the Secret of Kells
alternatively: The Secret of Kells
Original title The Secret of Kells
Country of production Ireland , France , Belgium
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 75 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Tomm Moore ,
Nora Twomey
script Fabrice Ziolkowski
production Paul Young,
Didier Brunner,
Vivian Van Fleteren
music Bruno Coulais
cut Fabienne Alvarez-Giro
synchronization

Brendan and the Secret of Kells (original title: The Secret of Kells , also marketed in Germany as The Secret of Kells ) is an Irish-French-Belgian animated film from 2009 . The premiere took place on February 8, 2009 at the Berlin International Film Festival .

content

Secluded Kells Abbey in 8th century Ireland is an ancient walled monastery. This is the home of 12 year old Brendan, whose uncle Cellach is the abbot of the monastery. The abbot is obsessed with building a mighty protective wall to protect his monastery from raiding Vikings. One day the famous illuminator Aidan arrives with his cat Pangur Bán, with the unfinished book by Iona. To help Aidan complete the book, Brendan must find vegetable gall for the ink in the forest . The forest was actually forbidden to him by his uncle, but Brendan leaves anyway. There he meets the forest spirit Aisling, who helps him with his task. When Cellach learns of this, he forbids Brendan to leave the monastery again.

But Brendan continues to help Aidan with his work. He cannot complete the book because he lacks the eye of Columban von Iona , a special lens. His predecessor got this from the god Cromm Cruach , and so Brendan goes back into the forest to get a new eye. However, he is discovered, taken to Cellach and finally imprisoned for his disobedience. Pangur Bán wants to help him and gets Aisling out of the forest; together they free Brendan. But Aisling advises him not to visit the god, as he has already killed many of their kind and could kill them both. But because the new eye is needed to complete the book, she finally agrees. When they reach Cromm Cruach, Brendan has to fight him and can defeat him with cunning. Aisling, initially believed dead, survives but disappears, and Brendan returns to the monastery with the new eye.

But soon the monastery is invaded by the Vikings. Aidan and Brendan escape, but are caught in the forest by the Vikings. At this moment Aisling comes to their aid, in the form of a white wolf and with black wolves in their wake. They kill the Vikings and then disappear back into the forest. The two monks are now traveling through the country together to finish the book. After Aidan's death, Brendan takes over this task entirely. As an adult, he returned to Kells and was able to show the aged Cellach the now completed Book of Kells .

Production and publication

Development of the film began in 1999. The story, the screenplay was written by Fabrice Ziolkowski , and the style are inspired by the Book of Kells , an early Irish illuminated manuscript and one of the most outstanding examples of island illumination , as well as parts of pre-Christian Celtic mythology , including Cromm Cruach . Brendan and the Secret of Kells are also stylistically influenced by Irish paintings. Ross Stewart was the artistic director .

Directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey , the film was produced by Les Armateurs, Vivi Film, Cartoon Saloon and France 2 Cinéma. That and as producers were Paul Young, Didier Brunner and Vivian Van Fleteren. Bruno Coulais composed the music . The film had a budget of about $ 8 million.

The film premiered on January 30, 2009 at the Gérardmer Film Festival in France. The film was also shown at the Berlinale that followed on February 8, 2009 . On February 11th, 2009 the cinema premieres in France and Belgium. Screenings at many other festivals followed, as well as theatrical releases in Ireland, the Netherlands, the United States, Spain, Slovenia and Denmark. In 2012 the German version was released on DVD by Ascot Elite Home Entertainment.

synchronization

The German dubbing took place at Think Global Media GmbH in Berlin. Rainer Gerlach, who also took on the speaking role of Brother Square, wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.

role English speakers German speakers
Brendan Evan McGuire David Kunze
Aisling Christians Mooney Cathlen Gawlich
Abbot Cellach Brendan Gleeson Gerald Paradise
Aidan Mick Lally Uli Krohm
Brother Tang / Leonardo Liam Hourican Chiaki Ikuta
Brother assoua Paul Tylak Martin Issa
Brother Square Paul Young Rainer Gerlach
adult Brendan Michael McGrath Julius Jellinek

reception

The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category best animated feature film in 2010 . In 2009 there was already a nomination for the European Film Award, category best animated film . At the box office, the film grossed a total of $ 700,000.

The Variety praises the refreshing style of the film, which is reminiscent of older animation films, and the artistic influences from Ireland are well incorporated. Despite the fairly simple, flat representations with no spatial depth, the film is on a high technical level. The story is particularly suitable for children up to ten years of age, despite some very scary scenes, but also entertaining for their parents. The Seattle Times writes of a “breathtaking mixture of Celtic mythology and creative animation.” The images, sometimes elaborate and epic, showed a similarly well-known story in a refreshingly new way. Animation World Network describes the work as a "wonderful film experiment" with a kind of modern Celtic style and a well-told, heartwarming and exciting story. The film portal film-rezensions.de concluded with the conclusion that The Kells Secret was "an example of how Europe can still produce beautiful cartoons - if you let it."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Karl Cohen: The Secret of Kells - What is this Remarkable Animated Feature? Retrieved December 11, 2018 . , Animation World Network, March 16, 2010
  2. ^ A b John Hartl: 'The Secret of Kells': An enchanting tale of a boy in barbarian times , The Seattle Times
  3. ↑ a b Entry at Box Office Mojo
  4. ↑ Entry in the synchronized file
  5. ↑ Leslie Felperin: Brendan and the Secret of Kells ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Variety, February 25, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  6. ↑ The secret of Kells on film-rezensions.de

literature

  • Keazor, Henry , “Style, Symbol, Structure: 'The Tree of Life' as a Motif in Film”, in: The eighth day. Images of Nature in Art of the 21st Century, ed. by Frank Fehrenbach and Matthias Krüger, Berlin / Boston 2016, pp. 163–200

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