Feivel, the mouse wanderer

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Movie
German title Feivel, the mouse wanderer
Original title An American Tail
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1986
length 80 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Don Bluth
script Judy Freudberg
production John Pomeroy
Gary Goldman
Don Bluth
music James Horner
cut Dan Molina
synchronization
chronology

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Feivel, the mouse wanderer in the Wild West

Feivel, der Mauswanderer (Original title: An American Tail ) is a cartoon by Don Bluth from 1986 about a little mouse boy who immigrates with his family on the run from cats in the United States .

action

The Jewish mouse family Mousekewitz lives in Belarus in abject poverty and in the constant threat of murderous cats. Finally they decide to emigrate to the USA, because "there are no cats in America", at least that's what they say. On the freighter across the Atlantic , they encounter numerous other emigrant mice, which have also suffered blows of fate from the cats. They sing about their new cat-free home in a song. In a big storm, little Feivel is washed off board the Austria and can only escape into a bottle. While Feivels sister Tanya in particular firmly believes that her brother is still alive, Papa Mousekewitz in particular has long since given up all hope of ever seeing Feivel again.

In New York , the Mousekewitz 'disembark and regard the Statue of Liberty as a promise of their freedom. However, a nasty surprise awaits them, because contrary to expectations America is by no means free of cats. What the Mousekewitz family don't know: Feivel has also arrived in New York, washed up on a small island off Manhattan Island. The little mouse goes in search of his family through the urban canyons of New York. He ends up as a street child in the “ Waisenkindergasse ”. There he finds new friendship with Tony Toponi and Bridget, who give him the Americanized name Philly (Philipp instead of Feivel).

After some attacks by the New York cats, the mice decide to do something together against the cats. Feivel has an idea to protect the New York mouse community once and for all: the construction of an oversized mouse mock-up equipped with fireworks . This "giant mouse of Minsk " from a Russian mouse fairy tale terrifies the cats so much that all cats flee the city by ship. So the mouse community is safe, because Feivels promised new home is now actually "cat-free".

Shortly afterwards, the Mousekewitz family met Tony Toponi and Bridget. Through the two of them they learn that Feivel is still alive, and after Mama Mousekewitz has found Feivel's hat, there is no longer any doubt that it is her Feivel. After a long search they finally find Feivel and the family is reunited.

criticism

“Animated film that tries to combine the sentimentalities of the Disney school with cinematic roller coaster rides. A somewhat too hectic and patriotic 'immigrant melodrama'. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards (selection)

That of James Horner and Barry Mann wrote and Cynthia Weil lyrics written song Somewhere Out There brought the parties in 1987 was nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Song one. They received two awards at the 1988 Grammy Awards .

synchronization

The synchronization was done by Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke . The dialogue book was written by Marianne Groß , the dialogue was directed by Lutz Riedel .

role Speaker (original) Speaker (German version)
Feivel Mousekewitz Phillip Glasser Tobias Thoma
Tanya Mousekewitz Amy Green Bianca Krahl
Papa Mousekewitz Nehemiah Persoff Jochen Schröder
Mama Mousekewitz Erica Yohn Bettina Schön
tiger Dom DeLuise Edgar Ott
Richard von Rat John Finnegan Klaus Miedel
Tony Toponi Pat Musick Simon hunter
Bridget Cathianne Blore Uschi Hugo
Gussie Mausheimer Madeline Kahn Chariklia Baxevanos
Cockroach Digit Will Ryan Wolfgang number
Henri Christopher Plummer Robert Dietl
Honest John Neil Ross Hans Werner Hamacher
Moe Hal Smith Helmut Krauss

Sequels

Further successors have been produced for this film:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. italian topo
  2. ↑ Feivel, the mouse wanderer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 17, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ a b Feivel, the mouse wanderer. In: German synchronous card index . Retrieved July 19, 2012 .

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