The film is directed by Detlev Buck (won't say too much about him, those who know German movies know him) and written by Wenka von Mikulicz, who has acted in some of Buck's movies already, and Bettins Börgerding, who has written for TV productions so far only. The result is a movie which is worth taking a look at, also for grown-up audiences.
The title song is a bit cheesy, but nonetheless catchy and apart from that you get everything you could expect from such a movie: great horses, friendship, love, betrayal, which is not too severe though, so that your kids can easily watch it without getting nightmares. The main antagonist Kakmann (which you could probably translate as Schitman) is played by Charly Hübner, an actor that I really like, which lifted the film even more for me. He's lots of fun in his role here and especially his singing scene is one of the comedic highlights of the movie. You probably saw him in "The Lives of Others" and probably not in the recent family movie "Parents", where he delivered one of the finest performances from the last year.
The concept here is very similar to most kids movies from Germany these days. The child actors are very much unknown and new to movies, but the supporting cast includes some established actors. The formula works again and Buck proves with his 8th movie since 2000 that he is still one of Germany's best and most versatile directors having worked on comedy, drama, documentary and children's movies in the last 15 years.
The title song is a bit cheesy, but nonetheless catchy and apart from that you get everything you could expect from such a movie: great horses, friendship, love, betrayal, which is not too severe though, so that your kids can easily watch it without getting nightmares. The main antagonist Kakmann (which you could probably translate as Schitman) is played by Charly Hübner, an actor that I really like, which lifted the film even more for me. He's lots of fun in his role here and especially his singing scene is one of the comedic highlights of the movie. You probably saw him in "The Lives of Others" and probably not in the recent family movie "Parents", where he delivered one of the finest performances from the last year.
The concept here is very similar to most kids movies from Germany these days. The child actors are very much unknown and new to movies, but the supporting cast includes some established actors. The formula works again and Buck proves with his 8th movie since 2000 that he is still one of Germany's best and most versatile directors having worked on comedy, drama, documentary and children's movies in the last 15 years.
