Conference of Animals (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Conference of Animals |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Holger Tappe , Reinhard Klooss |
| script |
Oliver Huzly , Reinhard Klooss |
| production | Reinhard Klooss |
| music | David Newman |
| cut | Alexander Dittner |
Conference of the Animals is a computer-animated cartoon that was released in German cinemas on October 7, 2010.
After Curt Linda's animated film The Conference of Animals from 1969, it is the second film whose content is based on the theses of the novel The Conference of Animals by Erich Kästner .
action
In the African savannah , the animals are amazed because the water no longer comes through the great gorge as usual. The thirst for water increases, so that there is a dispute over the last drop of water. Buffalo and rhinoceros defend the only waterhole. Because of this, Socrates the vegetarian lion and Billy the clumsy meerkat set out to find water. Here they meet the Gallic rooster Charles, who brought a Tasmanian devil, a kangaroo, a polar bear and two Galapagos turtles to Africa, as they had to flee from their destroyed native regions and hope for a new, better life in the Okavango Delta .
But here, too, the people have struck: the hotel owner Smith has had a huge dam built for the water supply to his hotel , which now stops the flow of water into the savannah. A conference for a better environment is taking place in this very hotel. At first, the animal visitors are enthusiastic about the enormous water supply in can form and the huge swimming pool, but soon they meet the head of security of the hotel, a weapons expert named Hunter. Socrates is horrified when he recognizes him as the hunter who killed his brother Mambo at the time. The animal hotel servant, the chimpanzee Toto, tries to hide the group from Hunter. Maya, the daughter of the hotel manager, is also on the side of the wild animals. Despite all caution, Socrates is caught and his friends are driven from the hotel. They do not want to accept that and in turn call a conference: the conference of animals . The big and small animals of the savannah gather and decide to take action against human injustice. They all pull in the direction of the hotel and the stubborn buffaloes join in at the end. There they defeat the hunter Hunter, who repeatedly tries to stop the animals by force, ends the environmental conference of the people and finally bring the dam to collapse with united forces. So the water flows back into the savannah. The animals celebrate their victory exuberantly in the green savannah.
After this success, the animals move to New York with the help of the whales, where a climate conference is currently taking place . They besiege the entire city and remind people that they are not alone on this planet.
background
The Animal Conference is the first European 3D computer-animated film . The film was produced between November 22, 2008 and June 22, 2010. The computer animation comes from the Lower Saxony studio Ambient Entertainment , which had already produced the first completely computer-animated German cinema film, Back to Gaya . The film had over 1.5 million viewers in German cinemas. Across Europe there were over 5 million visitors, including more than a million in France. Worldwide he achieved a gross profit of over 50 million dollars.
synchronization
| role | description | Original speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Billy | meerkat | Ralf Schmitz |
| Socrates | lion | Thomas Fritsch |
| Charles | Gallic rooster | Christoph Maria Herbst |
| Angie | elephant | Bastian Pastewka |
| Smith | Hotel manager | Oliver Kalkofe |
| Bonnie | Billy's wife | Nana Spier |
| Junior | Billy's son | Dirk Petrick |
| Biggie | rhino | Tilo Schmitz |
| Meerkat 1 | Constantin von Jascheroff | |
| Meerkat 2 | Frank Schaff | |
| Bongo | monkey hairdresser | Santiago Ziesmer |
| Chinos | buffalo | Nico Mamone |
| Gisela | giraffe | Bianca Krahl |
| Ken | Koala bear | Frank Schaff |
| bob | aardvark | Axel Lutter |
| sushi | Icebear | Katja Nottke |
| Toto | chimpanzee | Rainer Fritzsche |
| Winifred | turtle | Margot Rothweiler |
| Winston | turtle | Peter Groeger |
| mole | Carsten Richter | |
| Toby | kangaroo | Tobias Müller |
| Smiley face | Tasmanian devil | Hans-Jürgen Wolf |
| Vulture 1 | Lutz Schnell | |
| Vulture 2 | Sascha Rotermund | |
| Vulture 3 | Boris Tessmann | |
| Maya | Daughter of Smith | Luisa Wietzorek |
| cook | reporter | Leon Boden |
| Hunter | Thomas Nero Wolff | |
| cook | Uli Krohm | |
| politician | Natascha Geisler | |
| Fat politician | Peter Reinhardt |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was mainly produced by David Newman . However, the collaboration between Xavier Naidoo and Naturally 7 , who recorded the theme song Wild vor Anger, became known .
Awards
- German animation script award at the Stuttgart Animated Film Festival 2009 for the screenwriters of the film, Reinhard Klooss and Oliver Huzly
- Bavarian Film Prize 2010 in the children's film category
- Nomination for the German Film Prize in the children's film category
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable
Web links
- Official website
- Animals United in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Conference of animals at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the Conference of Animals . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 319 K).
- ^ Conference of the Animals on filmportal.de, accessed on January 26, 2014
- ↑ Conference of Animals in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ^ Conference of Animals in the LUMIERE database, accessed on June 29, 2013
- ^ Animal Conference at Box Office Mojo, accessed June 29, 2013