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THE LITTLE GHOST (DAS KLEINE GESPENST)
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Completed - GERMAN - Family, Animation, Fantasy - 88 minutes

Log Line

THE LITTLE GHOST is based on the international best-selling children's book by author Otfried Preußler.

The story is about a little ghost who manages to exchange its nocturnal existence for a life by daylight. In this world, however, it wreaks havoc.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Alain GSPONER
Writer(s) : Martin RITZENHOFF
Cast : Uwe OCHSENKNECHT, Herbert KNAUP, Bettina STUCKY, Aykut KAYACIK, Jonas HOLDENRIEDER, Emily KUSCHE, Nico HARTUNG, Sandra BORGMANN

Producer(s) : Uli PUTZ (Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH), Jakob CLAUSSEN (Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH), Reto SCHAERLI (Zodiac Pictures Ltd.)

Synopsis

The Little Ghost (CGI character) lives in the castle of Eulenstein. It awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Despite the warnings of a friend, Mr. Tu-Whit Tu-Whoo, the ghost would like to see the world by daylight once.

Meanwhile, Karl, Hannes and Sophie go on a nightly excursion to the castle, where they have their first encounter with the ghost.

The following day, the ghost wakes up at twelve o’clock – noontime. Its joy about this soon passes, as – discolored black by the first sunray – it scares the town’s inhabitants and causes a commotion. Chased by the police, the ghost asks the children for help.

They find out that every ghost follows its own designated clock. Since during the yearly inspection, the town-hall clock was accidentally set wrong by exactly twelve hours, the Little Ghost has been forced to wake up during the day. Karl gets the clockmaker to set the clock right again and at last, the Little Ghost can return home.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY

ITALY Oct 30, 2014 NOTORIOUS PICTU
KOREA (Sou SMILE ENT.
SPAIN Oct 31, 2014 FLINS & PINICUL
USA VERTICAL ENTERT

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Festivals and Awards

Schlingel Internationales Filmfestival 2013
Gijon Int'l Film Fest. 2013 ("Enfants Terribles” Award for Best Feature Film)
Schlingel Internationales Filmfestival 2013 2013 (Audience Award)


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