''Moonbound'' (German: ''Peterchens Mondfahrt'') is a 2021 animated

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comedy film directed by

Ali Samadi Ahadi Ali Samadi Ahadi (born 9 February 1972 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian-German filmmaker and scriptwriter who has directed ''Lost Children (2005 film), Lost Children'', ''Salami Aleikum'', ''The Green Wave'', etc. Biography Ali Samadi Ahadi was b ...

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 Gerdt Bernhard von Bassewitz-Hohenluckow (4 January 1878 in Allewind, Kingdom of Württemberg – 6 February 1923 in Berlin) was a lieutenant in the Prussian militia, a playwright, and an actor. He had his only great success with '' Little Peter's ...

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

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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 Cindy Robinson (born April 7, 1969) is an American voice actress who voices in animations and video games. Some of her major roles are Makoto Nanaya and Gii from the '' BlazBlue'' series, Betty Boop in commercials, Queen Beryl in ''Sailor Moon ...

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

The film is a German-Austrian co-production and is produced by Brave New Work in

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, Coop99 Filmproduktion in

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and Little Dream Entertainment in

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. The animation was a split between Cologne-based Red Parrot Studios and D-Facto Motion in Cologne, Fish Blowing Bubbles in

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, K-Effects in Vienna, ACHT.STUDIO in

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and Sophie Animation in

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. While the soundtrack was recorded by the

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Reception

The film received negative reviews, with 17% score on

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according to 6 reviews.

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