Beethoven on a treasure hunt
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| German title | Beethoven on a treasure hunt |
| Original title | Beethoven's 5th |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
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| Director | Mark Griffiths |
| script | Cliff Ruby , Elana Lesser |
| production | Mike Elliot |
| music | Adam Berry |
| camera | Christopher Baffa |
| cut | John Gilbert |
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Beethoven on a treasure hunt is an American movie from the year 2003 . It is the fourth sequel to the film A Dog Called Beethoven with Saint Bernard Beethoven as the main character.
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The twelve-year-old Sara Newton flies out of the holiday camp and is supposed to spend a month with her St. Bernard Beethoven with her chaotic uncle Freddie Kablinski in the sleepy town of Quicksilver. Garrett, who is the same age, introduces her to the equally bizarre residents of the village.
When Sara and Beethoven go fishing with Freddie and Garrett, Beethoven finds an old banknote in a disused mine. When Sara tries to pay with Beethoven's bank note in a shop, the saleswoman thinks he is counterfeit. Sara wants to give the banknote to Sheriff Julie Dempsey and learns from her that it dates from the 1920s and is now of great collector's value.
The mayor tells Sara that the Quicksilver mercury mine brought incredible wealth to the town until it was shut down due to health hazards. He also tells of the gangster couple Rita and Moe Selig, who committed a series of bank robberies in the 1920s. On their flight they drowned in a lake of Quicksilver; however, their prey was never found. Allegedly the ghosts of the gangster couple are looking for the money at night.
At night Sara and her friends go in search of the missing money and meet the other villagers who had the same idea. Sara thinks she sees the ghosts of the gangster couple; In addition, she and her friends find a carnation, the couple's trademark.
Sara and Garrett want to research the gangster couple in the town library. Librarian Giles, however, is dismissive.
During the night someone breaks into Uncle Freddie's house. The old dollar bill disappears and a red carnation is in its place. When they suspect the librarian and break into his library, they find photos of the gangster couple and a negative strip.
The next morning Beethoven disappeared; there is another carnation on the mailbox. Garret finds a photo on the negative strip that shows the gangster couple with a baby. Sara suspects that the gangster couple did not drown, but actually escaped, and that the librarian is their child. A clear indication for them is that "Giles", the name of the librarian, read backwards results in "Blessed", the name of the gangster couple. The librarian tells Sara and her friends the story: After the Seligs nearly drowned, they fled to Canada and ended their career as bank robbers. In addition, a search for the money became almost impossible because the treasure map sank in the lake. After the Seligs died, Giles wanted to find the money, but eventually gave up his search. Beethoven, however, is not with him.
It turns out that Mayor Herman stole the banknote and kidnapped Beethoven. With its help he wants to find the treasure. However, Beethoven managed to escape and ran to Sara and her uncle. He leads Sara and her friends in the mine to the hiding place of the treasure. Since Freddy's car has been sabotaged, he calls Julie for help. Meanwhile, Harold steals the money and escapes. However, he collides with Julie's police car, is caught by Beethoven and immediately arrested by Julie.
Reviews
"Fifth offshoot of the" Beethoven "series about the child-friendly St. Bernard. Undemanding family entertainment that disappoints in every aspect of the staging. "
Web links
- Beethoven on a treasure hunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beethoven on a treasure hunt. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .