Synopse
Leipzig, 1989. Twelve-year-old Fritzi lovingly looks after little Sputnik. He is the dog of her best friend Sophie, who has gone to Hungary with her mother for the summer holidays. But Sophie does not return to class for the start of school. Like many others, she has fled to the West. Fritzi bravely sets out to find her friend and gets into an adventure that changes the future of the whole country.
Regie
RALF KUKULA (*1962 in Dresden) is a German filmmaker and director. In 1999, together with Grit Wißkirchen, he founded Balance Film GmbH, of which he is a shareholder and managing director. The company's main focus is on the development and production of animated and documentary films for cinema and television. Together with director Matthias Bruhn, the film was awarded the Film Critics' Prize in 2010.
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Original Title: Fritzi - Eine Wendewundergeschichte
International Title: Fritzi - Eine Wendewundergeschichte
Category: Animated feature
Section: Spezial
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director: Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn
Screenplay: Beate Völcker, Péter Palátsik
Cast/Protagonists: Stimmen/Voices: Naomi Hadad, Ben Hadad, Katharina Lopinski, Jan Treviño Kräling, Jördis Triebel, Peter Flechtner, Amelie Sophie von Redecke, Winfried Glatzeder
Production country: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 86 min
Producer: Ralf Kukula, Richard Lutterbeck
Production company: Balance Film GmbH, Trickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH
Sound: Jérémy Hassid, François Dumont
co-production company: Doghousefilms, Artemis Productions, Maur Film / Matthias Bruhn
Distributor: Conny Goldacker, Weltkino Filmverleih GmbH
