The Little Witch (2018)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | the little witch |
| Country of production | Germany , Switzerland |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Schaerer |
| script | Matthias lease |
| production | Jakob Claussen , Ulrike Putz |
| music | Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg & Lionel Vincent Baldenweg |
| camera | Matthias Fleischer |
| cut | Wolfgang Weigl |
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Die kleine Hexe is a German-Swiss film by the director Michael Schaerer from 2018 . The live-action adaptation based on the children's book The Little Witch of Otfried Preußler from the year 1957th
action
The little witch, whose dearest wish is to be allowed to fly around with the big witches on the Blocksberg , lives with her talking raven Abraxas in a little crooked house in the forest. When trying to join the other witches without permission on Walpurgis Night , she is discovered and her witch broom is burned as a punishment. However, it is promised to be able to participate in the next Walpurgis Night, if by then she has become a good witch. Now the little witch tries for a year to do enough good deeds, helps poor people, punishes bad guys and makes new friends. When she reports back to the Witches Council, it turns out that, in the opinion of the Witches Council, a witch should be good at being evil . So she should be punished by collecting the wood for the pyre on Walpurgis Night. Instead, however, she takes revenge by "hexing the witches" and conjuring up their magic books and brooms. She then uses the brooms and books as a stake for her own Walpurgis Night.
production
The little witch is supported by:
- FilmFernsehFonds Bayern ,
- the means Medienförderung ,
- the nordmedia film and media company Lower Saxony / Bremen,
- the MFG Film Funding Baden-Württemberg,
- the film funding agency ,
- the German Film Fund ,
- the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and
- MEDIA Development funding
as well as from Switzerland from
- Federal Office for Culture ,
- the Zurich Film Foundation ,
- Swiss radio and television and
- the Teleclub .
The film was released in German cinemas on February 1, 2018 and is distributed by the Studiocanal company .
reception
The film service writes that it is a "successful film adaptation of the classic children's book by Otfried Preußler". The NDR film review says that “the film is tailored to primary school age, the music is fairytale-like and some magic is refreshingly funny. Otfried Preußler's daughter Susanne Preußler-Bitsch is also convinced of the book adaptation ”.
Awards
- Bavarian Film Prize , 2017 award winner in the image design category
- Swiss Film Award 2018 in the category Best Film Music
- German Film Award 2018 , nomination in the category Best Children's Film
- Romy Awards 2018 , nomination in the category Best Picture Creation Cinema-Film
- Gilde Film Award 2018 - Best Children's Film
Web links
- The little witch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
- The little witch at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Little Witch . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 174167 / V).
- ↑ Age rating for The Little Witch . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ List of supporters. Studiocanal , 2018, accessed on September 16, 2018 (sales film page).
- ↑ The little witch. Filmdienst , 2017, accessed on September 16, 2018 (short review).
- ^ Walli Müller: Karoline Herfurth plays "The Little Witch". NDR , 2018, accessed on September 16, 2018 (short review).
- ↑ Program cinema operators award GUNDERMANN as the best film . Article dated September 20, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018.