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directed by Sven Unterwaldt Jr. and starring Wincent Weiss in the title role. The film is based on the media franchise of the same name created by German Rock musician

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. An American version, released in November 2019 on

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and in theaters and on VOD in December 2019, starring

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, was renamed ''Ice Princess Lily''. In the United Kingdom, it was released as ''The Ice Princess'' in 2019. The story follows a young dragon, Tabaluga, who teams up with an ice princess, Lilli, to save the world from the evil snowman, Arktos.

Synopsis

Tabaluga, the last dragon on Earth, is growing up in lush Greenland. While searching for his dragon fire, he meets a beautiful ice princess, Lilli, from frozen Iceland. The inhabitants of the two lands are highly suspicious of each other, but Tabaluga and Lilli are surprised to find out that the prejudices are wrong, and they like each other. Lilli takes Tabaluga to see Arktos, the ruler of Iceland, not knowing that Arktos has frozen all the dragons and killed Tabaluga's parents. Arktos tries to kill Tabaluga with his magical ice powers, but Lilli and her polar bear friend Limbo help him to escape and go with him to Greenland. Tabaluga and Lilli begin a romance. Arktos sends an army to invade Greenland. Tabaluga's old raven guardian, Kolk, advises him to visit the wise Nessaja in the swamps, who tells him that his fire was always in his heart, though the dragon does not believe her at first. Lilli returns to Iceland to try to inspire a popular uprising against Arktos, but he captures her and then traps Tabaluga, who follows her. When Arktos moves to kill Lilli, Tabaluga finds his fire and fights against Arktos's ice powers. Lilli steals Arktos's hat, which blinds Arktos (since his eyes are on his hat), and Tabaluga is able to melt Arktos to a tiny size; Arktos flees while vowing revenge. Tabaluga and Lilli fall in love and the Icelanders and Greenlanders become friends.

Voice cast

German voice cast

* Wincent Weiss as

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as Glückskäfer Bully, Tabaluga's ladybug friend * Heinz Hoenig as Arktos *

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as Eisprinzessin Lilli (Princess Lilli) * Rick Kavanian as Eisbär Limbo, Lilli's polar bear friend *

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theater at the Berliner Ensemble and at the olksbühne Berlin and was an actress in the film ''Th ...

as Nessaja, the wise turtle

English voice cast

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as Tabaluga *

as Lily (American version) *

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as Lilli (International version) * Benedict Campbell as Arktos *

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as Limbo *

Elizabeth Hanna Elizabeth Hanna is a Canadian film and television actress and speech language pathologist, most notable for her voice acting work in animated films. She is best known as the voice of Hen in '' Little Bear''. History Early history Elizabeth H ...

as Nessaja / Swift * Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Mythia / Beaver / Ice Lady Bug * Kevin Dennis as Bully / Snow Kid Rabbit / Male Rabbit * Richard Waugh as Kolk / Polar Bear / Snowkid Rabbit / Male Rabbit * Rick Miller as Mirmel / Tyrion / Narrator * Zach Bennett as Emra / Frog

References

External links

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''Tabaluga'': German credits
at Deutsche Synchronkarte
''Tabaluga''
UK release: 11 November 2019 on Home Entertainment.
''Ice Princess Lily''
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