Moonbound Explained

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]

Plot

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…

Cast

Production

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]

Reception

The film received negative reviews, with 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes according to 6 reviews.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barraclough . Leo . 2020-06-25 . Animated Film 'Moonbound' Sells to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE) . 2021-09-21 . Variety . . 2021-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412104725/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/cannes-moonbound-sola-media-1234648007/ . live .
  2. Web site: Moonbound (dt. "Peterchens Mondfahrt") rso.ORF.at . 2023-02-08 . rso.orf.at . en.
  3. Web site: Project Poster Gallery - SynchronStage Vienna . 2023-02-08 . www.synchronstage.com.