The seal from Sanderoog

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Movie
Original title The seal from Sanderoog
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2006
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
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Director Klaus Wirbitzky
script Michael Holzinger
Katja Kittendorf
production Elke Ried
music Peter W. Schmitt
camera Felix Cramer
cut Sebastian Thümler
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The children's film Der Seehund von Sanderoog is a German television film from 2006. The film was shown for the first time on December 25, 2006 on ARD .

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The twelve-year-old Milla had to move several times with her mother. Now her mother Maren Christiansen has got a job as spa director in her home town on the East Frisian island of Sanderoog . At first Milla finds it difficult to find her way around the new environment, only Milla gets along with her grandmother Hanne immediately. On the very first day at the new school, she clashes with Henry, the son of the mighty Hajo Ehlers. Because Henry is the leader of the class, it ends up with the outsiders Silke and Jan. Silke stayed seated twice and Jan is paraplegic.

Hajo Ehlers would like to open an amusement center on the site of the seal station. He has already bribed the mayor on his side, so that the community has canceled the subsidies for the seal station. Now he tries to get Milla's mother on his side too. But she is committed to the preservation of the seal station, as she considers this to be an important tourist attraction in her function as spa director. This is how she supports Dr. Justus Reinders, the head of the seal station.

In the meantime, Mila has made friends with Silke and Jan. Together they want to write a school project about seals. When they watch a howler being killed on the beach, they rescue him and take him to the seal station. Since they promise to help Justus Reinders with the difficult rearing of the howler who has lost his mother, the latter agrees not to shoot the howler for the time being. And the children, together with Mr. Reinders, manage to stabilize the Howler's condition, and it begins to develop splendidly. Maren Christiansen, however, is not at all enthusiastic about the fact that Milla spends so much time raising the howler. But Grandma Hanne finally succeeds in mediating between the generations when she reminds her daughter that at Milla's age she was just as stubborn in pursuing a goal, and still does so.

Hajo Ehlers has meanwhile not given up on his plan and smuggles a virus into the seal station. Without seals, the seal station does not take any entrance fees and would have to close due to lack of financial resources. When the epidemic became known in the seal sanctuary, the mayor demanded that all seals be killed immediately. Milla, Silke and Jan cannot allow this. They hide the seals in a fish tank in a warehouse owned by Hajo Ehlers. His son Henry helps them because he has now fallen in love with Milla. So he confronts his father, who finally abandons his plan in order not to lose his son. The seals can be saved thanks to a vaccine. Milla, Silke and Jan get a good grade for their school project and are now accepted by their classmates because of their commitment to the seals.

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The island of Sanderoog is fictional; The seal from Sanderoog was filmed on Norderney between July 18, 2005 and August 16, 2005 . There were also other locations in Friesland and East Friesland such as Bensersiel , Dornumersiel , Esens , Fulkum , Funnixerhörn , Neuharlingersiel and Wilhelmshaven . Director Klaus Wirbitzky had already been able to gain experience in children's films in the series Die Pfefferkörner .

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Milla Christiansen is a twelve-year-old girl who has never really felt at home anywhere because she and her mother kept moving. Through her grandmother, she finds the right support for the first time and learns to love her new home. So she begins to take the initiative and work to preserve nature in her homeland.

Silke is a girl who has almost given up on herself. Because she stayed seated twice, she no longer dares to do anything at school. With the support of Milla, she learns to believe in herself again and thus creates a good school project. Silke in turn supports Milla because she is very brisk and supports her in rescuing the seals.

Jan is paraplegic and is therefore avoided by his classmates. That is why he withdrew into the fantasy world of film and knows almost everything about films. Milla helps him open up. In turn, he can help her rescue the seals with his extensive knowledge.

Henry is the son of Hajo Ehlers, who wants to build “Ehlers Meer und mehr” from the seal station. At first, Henry proves to be arrogant and snooty, but soon falls in love with Milla (the new one). Then he shows his nice side and saves the seals and at the same time a kiss from Milla.

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