The penguins from Madagascar (film)

Movie
German title	The penguins from Madagascar
Original title	Penguins of Madagascar
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	92 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 JMK 6
Rod
Director	Simon J. Smith , Eric Darnell
script	John Aboud , Michael Colton , Brandon Sawyer
production	Lara Breay , Mark Swift , Tripp Hudson
music	Lorne Balfe
cut	Nick Kenway
synchronization

The Penguins of Madagascar (Original title: Penguins of Madagascar ) is an American computer-animated 3D - animated film from the year 2014 , that of DreamWorks Animation was produced. The film is based on the television series of the same name , which in turn is an offshoot of the Madagascar film series. The action takes place after the events in Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe .

The film premiered on November 8, 2014 at the Cork International Film Festival in Ireland. In the United States, the film opened in cinemas on November 26, 2014, and in Germany the theatrical release was one day later, on November 27, 2014.

action

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private enter Fort Knox . In the lounge for the staff, the cheese flips that are no longer for sale to the public are offered in the snack machine and the other penguins want to give private some of them in honor of his birthday.

In the endeavor, however, they are met by the dangerous villain Dr. Octavius ​​Brine captured. In his hiding place, they discover that he is actually an octopus in disguise named Dave. He tells them that he once lived in the Central Park Zoo but quickly lost the audience's sympathy after the four penguins got there. So he changed several zoos, where the same thing always happened. He bitterly declared war on the penguins for this.

However, the four penguins manage to free themselves and use the canister to flee from the submarine they were in. This leads to a chase with Dave's henchmen through the lagoon city of Venice. When they come to a dead end, they are suddenly rescued by a technical rescue team consisting of a husky, a polar bear, a baby seal and a snowy owl that Kowalski takes a liking to. The penguins are brought by plane to the North Pole, where this group has its secret base.

The husky says that they are the secret organization North Wind , which helps all weak animals in the world. At first they are impressed when Skipper presents them with the canister. Suddenly they are called by Dave, who still has a whole tank of them. To get the penguins to safety, they are stunned and put on an airplane.

But you can get out of it and decide to fight Dave on your own. During an attempt in Shanghai, however, Private is also captured, whereupon Skipper decides to leave the matter to Nordwind . However, they are also captured and shortly afterwards the remaining three penguins. Dave now opens up his plan to them: with his "Medusa Serum" he wants to transform the cuddly penguins into deformed mutants so that they also know how one feels to be rejected. First he wants to try the remedy on private. He can escape with the help of a hidden paper clip, but the others think he died trying.

Private manages to save the agents from North Wind , but cannot prevent Dave from using his machine to transform the penguins and thus bring them to the port of Manhattan. With the machine, Private can also transform the penguins back again. Dave shrinks and finds himself inside a snow globe. Nordwind now pays tribute to the penguins, who shortly afterwards set off for home with a new rocket backpack .

synchronization

The German synchronization took over the Berliner Synchron . The dialogue book wrote Michael Nowka that dialogue director led Björn Schalla .

role	Original speaker	German speaker	animal
Skipper	Tom McGrath	Michael Beck	penguin
Kowalski	Chris Miller	Thomas Dürr	penguin
Private	Christopher Knights	Smudo	penguin
Rico	Conrad Vernon	Andreas Rieke	penguin
Dr. Octavius ​​Brine / Dave	John Malkovich	Ilya Richter	Octopus
Agent secret	Benedict Cumberbatch	Heino Ferch	Husky
Eve	Annet Mahendru	Conchita Wurst	Snow owl
Corporal	Peter Stormare	Dennis Schmidt-Foss	Icebear
Short fuse	Ken Jeong	Michael Pan	Harp seal
Cricket	Sean Charmatz	Björn Schalla	Cricket
King Julien	Danny Jacobs	Stefan Gossler	Lemur ( ring- tailed lemur )
Mort	Andy Richter	Gerald Schaale	Lemur ( mouse lemur )

role	Original speaker	German speaker
Documentary filmmaker	Werner Herzog	Frank Röth
pilot	Stephen Kearin	Michael Nowka

reception

At Rotten Tomatoes , 73% of the reviews are positive, out of a total of 88 reviews. In conclusion, it says: “ The penguins from Madagascar are fast and colorful enough to entertain small children, but too silly to be fun for the whole family.” The industry journal Variety described the film as “a weak attempt at a cute and cuddly international one Intrigue". The penguins from Madagascar are "less irresistible overall" in their first own feature film.

The film-dienst criticized that in the film "implied questions about growing up, acceptance and a sense of community" were largely lost. The story “slips completely into the absurd and fantastic” and in the “mass of cinematic references and pop cultural allusions the characters' charm is lost”.

David Siems from epd Film awarded 4 out of 5 stars. He comes to the conclusion that “this Dreamworks film is solid to extremely entertaining action cinema”, that “breathes fresh air into the often leisurely genre with fine irony and plenty of winking” and is also an experience for adults thanks to the “numerous pop culture references”.

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the rating “valuable”.

Nominations

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2015

• Nominated as favorite animated film

Web links

• Official page for the film
• The Penguins of Madagascar in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• The Penguins of Madagascar atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of release for the penguins from Madagascar . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2014 (PDF; test number: 148 347 K).
2. ↑ Age rating for The Penguins from Madagascar . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ start date . In: Fox.de . Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 21, 2014. 
4. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | The penguins from Madagascar. Retrieved February 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Penguins Of Madagascar (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on December 23, 2014 (English): "Penguins of Madagascar is fast and brightly colored enough to entertain small children, but too frantically silly to offer real filmgoing fun for the whole family." 
6. ↑ Geoff Berkshire: Film Review: 'Penguins of Madagascar'. Variety , November 12, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 (English): “DreamWorks Animation's 'Madagascar' franchise spinoff is a limp attempt at cute and cuddly international intrigue. - Charming in small doses, the "Penguins of Madagascar" prove altogether less irresistible in their feature-length starring debut. " 
7. ↑ Michael Ranze: The penguins from Madagascar. film-dienst , 25/2014, accessed on December 8, 2014 . 
8. ↑ David Siems: Review of The Penguins from Madagascar. epd film , 12/2014, accessed on April 27, 2015 . 
9. ↑ The penguins from Madagascar. German Film and Media Rating (FBW) , accessed December 20, 2014 .