Moonbound

Moonbound
Moonbound
	Poster
Directed by	Ali Samadi Ahadi
Written by	Ali Samadi Ahadi; Arne Nolting
Based on	Little Peter's Journey to the Moon by Gerdt von Bassewitz
Starring	Aleks Le; Raphael von Bargen; Drew Sarich; Cindy Robinson
Music by	Ali N. Askin
Production; companies	Brave New Work; Coop99 Filmproduktion; Little Dream Entertainment
Distributed by	Sola Media (International sales); Filmladen (Austria); Warner Bros. (Germany)
Release date	24 June 2021;
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	Germany; Austria
Language	German
Budget	€7,600,000
Box office	€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.^[2]

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

Aleks Le as Peter
Howard Nightingall as Mr. Zoomzeman/Rainy Robin
Lilian Gartner as Anne/Shooting Star
Raphael von Bargen as Sandman/Mr. Ladybug (credited as Raphael van Bargen)
Drew Sarich as Moonman/Milkyway Man/Herschel
Cindy Robinson as Nightfairy
Melissa Mabie as Lightning Witch (credited as Mellisa Mabei)
Michael Smulik as Storm Giant
Elisabeth Kanettis as Mother/Shooting Star
Barbara Spitz as Mrs. Zoomzeman
Jim Libby as Bully
Dennis Kozeluh as Henry Hail
Jacob Banigan as Keppler
Magarethe Tiesl as Mother Frost
Bastian Wilplinger as Bouncer 1
Martin Repka as Bouncer 2
Alix Martin as Mrs. Ladybug

Production[edit]

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.^[3]^[4]

Reception[edit]

The film received negative reviews, with 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes according to 6 reviews.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Moonbound - Film Review". 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (2020-06-25). "Animated Film 'Moonbound' Sells to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
^ "Moonbound (dt. "Peterchens Mondfahrt") | rso.ORF.at". rso.orf.at. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
^ "Project Poster Gallery - SynchronStage Vienna". www.synchronstage.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
^ Moonbound, retrieved 2022-05-07

External links[edit]

Moonbound at IMDb
Moonbound at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Moonbound - Film Review". 15 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[2] Barraclough, Leo (2020-06-25). "Animated Film 'Moonbound' Sells to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-09-21.

[3] "Moonbound (dt. "Peterchens Mondfahrt") | rso.ORF.at". rso.orf.at. Retrieved 2023-02-08.

[4] "Project Poster Gallery - SynchronStage Vienna". www.synchronstage.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.

[5] Moonbound, retrieved 2022-05-07

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