Lotte in the inventors' village
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lotte in the inventors' village |
| Original title | Leiutajateküla Lotte |
| Country of production |
Estonia Latvia |
| original language | Estonian |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Heiki Ernits Janno Põldma |
| script | Janno Põldma Heiki Ernits Andrus Kivirähk |
| production |
Riina Sildos Kalev Tamm |
| music | Sven Grünberg |
| cut | Janno Põldma |
Lotte in the Inventors' Village is an Estonian-Latvian cartoon by Heiki Ernits and Janno Põldma from 2006.
action
Lotte, the dog-girl, lives in a seaside village where most of the residents are passionate about inventors. Every year an inventors' competition is held among the villagers, the last time Lotte's father Oskar won. On the other hand, the rabbit Adalbert, who like his son Albert has no friends in the village, wants to win the competition this year in order to finally become known and have friends.
During a trip with her best friend, the tomcat Bruno, Lotte finds a book in the sea that she hangs up to dry in her house. At night she hears it coughing in the book and out of it falls a cold bee. She introduces herself to Lotte as Susumu and explains that she fell into the book in Japan and drifted across the sea to the inventors' village. The book belongs to a Japanese professor who is sure to miss it. Since the wind is currently unfavorable, Susumu cannot be brought back to Japan by Lotte's father. He stays there and Lotte shows him the village and takes him to the inventor competition. Oskar wins it with his washing machine, which can also iron and fold clothes. Adalbert, in turn, is disqualified when it turns out that his wife Sophie is actually sitting in the belly of his vegetable cutting machine and is cutting vegetables.
Through Susumu the villagers get to know judo . You are fascinated by the sport and practice regularly. Only Bruno is not allowed to participate, his mother doesn't allow him to do sports. Bruno's father was an athlete, was carried away one day while throwing a hammer and never came back. Lotte secretly teaches Bruno judo. Both are observed by Albert, who practices judo for himself and would like to be friends with both of them. Albert's father Adalbert, in turn, observes Oskar, who is working on a new invention. He tries again and again to copy the new invention in order to look better in front of his family.
One day the wind turned. Susumu can return to Japan by balloon the next day. On this day the big judo competition takes place in Japan, in which Lotte wants to take part. However, each team must have three members. Bruno is allowed to come along because his father surprisingly returns home. At the end of the day Albert joins them as third, who makes new friends in Lotte and Bruno. Oskar and Adalbert also become colleagues and exchange ideas in their work. In Japan the professor receives his book back. Team Lotte defeats the leading team in the judo competition and everyone bursts out into cheers.
production
After Tom ja Fluffy and Lepatriinude jõulud, Lotte in the Inventors' Village was the third long-animation film work on which Heiki Ernits and Janno Põldma worked together. They had also directed numerous short animated films together since the 1980s. The character of the dog girl Lotte was both created in 2000. She first became the main character in the Lotte series , an adventurous journey to the south ( Lotte reis lõunamaale ), which was broadcast in Germany by KiKA as part of the Sandman . Lotte in the Inventors' Village is the first feature film and was made as an animation. In 2012 a sequel was released with Lotte and the mystery of the moonstones .
Lotte in the village of inventors had its premiere on May 23, 2006 as part of the Cannes International Film Festival . It was released in Latvian cinemas on August 25, 2006 and in Estonian cinemas on September 1, 2006. In Estonia, the film was a great success with the audience, with 54,000 viewers in the first three weeks. At that time the film was already more successful than the most popular film in 2005, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (46,616 viewers). In Germany, the film was shown for the first time on February 15, 2007 at the Berlinale 2007 . It was shown in German cinemas on February 22, 2007 and was released on DVD on June 5, 2007.
synchronization
| role | Voice actor (original) |
Voice actor (German version) |
|---|---|---|
| Lotte | Evelin Pang | Jodie Blank |
| Bruno | Andero Ermel | Simon Illig |
| Susumu | Elina Reinold | Santiago Ziesmer |
| Oscar | Lembit Ulfsak | Claudio Maniscalco |
| Yeah | Mait Malmsten | Stefan Staudinger |
| Albert | Argo Aadli | Sebastian Schulz |
| Adalbert | Peeter Oja | Ilya Richter |
| Paula | Piret Kalda | Petra Barthel |
| Anna | Karmen Tabor | Sabine Falkenberg |
| Mole James | Aarne Üksküla | Hasso Zorn |
| Mole John | Peeter Tammearu | Lutz Riedel |
criticism
"The entertaining and humorous cartoon is captivating thanks to the lovingly designed animal figures and always comes up with original ideas," said the film service . Cinema called the film an “animated film gem for people between 4 and 10 years of age. Poetic, funny and wonderfully eccentric ”.
Awards
At the Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival in Latvia, the film won the 2007 award for the best long animation film. He was also nominated for the award in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Music.
Web links
- Lotte from Gadgetville in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte and the secret of the moonstones on creative-europe-desk.de, August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Annika Pham: Lotte From Gadgetville Nº1 . cineuropa.org, October 31, 2006.
- ↑ Lotte in the inventor's village on filmernst.de
- ↑ Lotte in the inventor's village. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Lotte in the village of inventors on cinema.de