Franklin - A turtle conquered the world

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Television series
German title Franklin - A turtle conquered the world
Original title Franklin
Country of production United States , France , Canada
original language English
Year (s) 1997-2003
length 24 minutes
Episodes 78 in 6 seasons
German-language
first broadcast		 September 2, 1999 on KIKA
synchronization

Franklin - a turtle conquered the world (originally Franklin ) is an American-Canadian-French animated series that was produced from 1997 to 2003.

content

The series is about a bright, young turtle named Franklin, who explores his world with his friends and experiences new exciting adventures every day, based on the books by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark . The series is set in the forests in the eastern part of the United States . Franklin and his friends learn how important helpfulness, trust and, of course, fun are for friendship. A wide variety of topics come up, such as friendship with each other, the first great love, the first own pet, taking responsibility and its consequences as well as problems, e.g. B. arguments, envy, unpunctuality and their solution, and things like superstition and fears to language.

Each episode begins with the sentence "Franklin can invent the most beautiful stories and tie his shoes ..."

production

Nelvana International Limited and Viacom, supported by the Canadian government, Family Channel and Canadas Family Network, were involved in the production of the series . The series was produced in the People's Republic of China and Canada . Directed by John van Bruggen , Gary Hurst , Raymond Jafelice . The script was written by Peter Sauder , Nicola Barton and other authors. Bruce Cockburn wrote the theme song for the series . The German dubbing was done by Bavaria Film Synchron with the help of Inez Günther .

Figures of the series

main characters
Name of the character Animal species English speaker German speaker
Franklin male turtle Noah Reid Roman Wolko
Sam blue stuffed dog (Franklin's favorite toy) - -
Mr. Tortoise Father of Franklin Richard Newman Frank Röth
Woman turtle Mother of Franklin Elisabeth Brown Katrin Fröhlich
slug slug
beaver Canadian beaver Leah Cudmore Jana Kilka
Rabbits Florida Cottontail
goose female emperor goose Olivia Garratt Katharina Iacobescu
Fox Red fox
bear male grizzly bear Luca Perlman Moritz Günther
Minor characters
Badger Silver badger
racoon racoon
Teacher woman owl Great Horned Owl
Grandma turtle female turtle, grandma from Franklin
Aunt Luzie Sister of Mr. Tortoise
Harriet female turtle
Doctor Bear female grizzly bear, mother of bear Mary Ellen Trainor Inez Günther
Mr. Bear male grizzly bear Donald Burda Ulrich Frank
Woman porcupine Porcupine
Woman skunk female skunk
Mr. Skunk, owner of the ice cream parlor male skunk
Mr. Raccoon male raccoon

Broadcasting and other publications

The series was released in English in 1997. It ran for the first time in the United States , Canada, and the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2002 . The series had its television premiere in Germany from September 2 to December 31, 1999 on the station KIKA. In the years 2000 to 2013, it was also shown on the ZDF , KIKA , ORF 1 and SF 2 channels . Four feature films have also been released for the series:

title German First broadcast (broadcaster) length
Franklin and the Green Knight April 18, 2003 (ZDF) 75 minutes
Franklin's exciting school days December 23, 2004 (KIKA) 45 minutes
Franklin's magical Christmas December 24, 2004 (KIKA) 50 minutes
Franklin and the miracle stone October 3, 2007 (KIKA) 70 minutes

In addition, ten books and the episodes on DVDs were published in German and English.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ to the production company of the series Franklin - a turtle conquered the world (Engl.)
  2. ↑ Information on the voice actors of the characters in the series in the German dubbing files
  3. ↑ Entry on the books in the series at fernsehserien.de

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