| Moonbound | |
| Director: | Ali Samadi Ahadi |
| Based On: | Little Peter's Journey to the Moon by Gerdt von Bassewitz |
| Starring: | Aleks Le Raphael von Bargen Drew Sarich Cindy Robinson |
| Music: | Ali N. Askin |
| Studio: | Brave New Work Coop99 Filmproduktion Little Dream Entertainment |
| Distributor: | Sola Media (International sales) Filmladen (Austria) Warner Bros. (Germany) |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | Germany Austria |
| Language: | German |
| Budget: | €7,600,000 |
| Gross: | €8,810,767 |
Moonbound (German: Peterchens Mondfahrt) is a 2021 animated fantasy adventure film directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi with story by Ahadi and Arne Nolting and based on the 1915 children's book Little Peter's Journey to the Moon by Gerdt von Bassewitz.[1]
When Peter sets out on a magical journey to rescue his little sister Anne, he needs to travel to mysterious territory: the Moon! Anne was kidnapped by the evil Moon Man when she tried to help the beetle Mr. Zoomzeman in search for his wife. On his fantastic adventure, Peter lands on the Star Meadow where he meets the sleepy Mr. Sandman. He knows, only at the Night Fairy’s dinner in the castle in the clouds, they can find out where Anne is – but there aren’t enough seats for everyone. So they join the wild race along the Milky Way against the five Spirits of Nature: Storm Giant, Lightning Witch, Henry Hail, Rainy Robin and Mother Frost…
The film is a German-Austrian co-production and is produced by Brave New Work in Cologne, Coop99 Filmproduktion in Vienna and Little Dream Entertainment in Hamburg. The animation was a split between Cologne-based Red Parrot Studios and D-Facto Motion in Cologne, Fish Blowing Bubbles in Munich, K-Effects in Vienna, ACHT.STUDIO in Frankfurt and Sophie Animation in Dalian. While the soundtrack was recorded by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.[2] [3]
The film received negative reviews, with 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes according to 6 reviews.