The Three Robbers
| The Three Robbers | |
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| Directed by | Hayo Freitag |
| Written by | Hayo Freitag (screenplay adaptation) Tomi Ungerer (book) Achim von Borries (writer) Bettine von Borries (writer) |
| Narrated by | Tomi Ungerer |
| Music by | Kenneth Pattengale |
| Editing by | Lars Jordan Sascha Wolff |
| Studio | Animation X Gesellschaft zur Produktion von Animationsfilmen mbH |
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| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | ‹See Tfd› Germany |
| Language | German |
The Three Robbers is a children's book by Tomi Ungerer. The book was adapted as a full length feature film by Hayo Freitag, released in mid-2007. There was also a 6-minute version released in 1972 by Gene Deitch.
Plot
The three robbers are very successful in their exploits, but one day there is a different treasure in the carriage they have stopped. There is only a lonely girl named Tiffany on her way to live with a wicked aunt, so the robbers carry Tiffany off to their hideout. When Tiffany sees all of the treasure the robbers have collected, she asks what it is for, and the robbers have no answer. Later the robbers decide to open an orphanage with their wealth and all uncared children go to live there.
In October 2008 Phaidon Press Inc. will release an English language edition of the book.
Characters
- Tiffany
- Robber (has a pepper-blower to stop horses and their passengers).
- Robber (has a huge red axe to chop the carriage wheels).
- Robber (has a blunderbuss to threaten the passengers).
Voice cast
- Joachim Król ... Robber Malente
- Bela B. Felsenheimer ... Robber Flinn
- Charly Hübner ... Robber Donnerjakob
- Katharina Thalbach ... Wunderliche Tante
- Elena Kreil ... Tiffany
- Konstantin Seldenstücker ... Gregory
- Maximilian Roca Jungfer ... Nikolas
- Erwin Leder ... Kutscher
- Hayo Freitag ... Gendarm
- Tomi Ungerer ... Narrator
Accolades
- The film was awarded 2008 and 2009 with 1st prizes and Audience Awards in Hamburg (Germany), Paris, Bordeaux, Annecy (France), Poznan (Poland), Bilbao (Spain), Brussels, Ghent (Belgium), Bucharest (Romania), and Toronto, and received the 2nd prize for Animated Feature Film or Video in the Adult Jury Prizes at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival in 2007.[1]
References
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- Audience Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 2008.
External links
- Trailer
- Movie homepage (in German)
- German-Films Film Archive
- Die Drei Räuber at the Internet Movie Database
- The Three Robbers at Scholastic.com
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