The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Four aging animals, a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster escape from their former homes because they weren't as productive and useful for their owners as they used to be. To avoid death, they all move out on a musical journey to Bremen to find a better life.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Bert HenryScreenplay
- Markus UrchsScreenplay
- Georg ReichelScreenplay
- Eberhard JunkersdorfDirector
- Péter WolfOriginal Music Composer
- Jürgen RichterDirector
- Dagmar KekuléScreenplay
- Michael ColdeweyDirector
Cast
- Bernd SchrammBuster (speaking voice)
- Hartmut EnglerBuster (singing voice)
- Sandra CalderonGwendolyn (voice) (as Sandra Schwarzhaupt)
- Mario AdorfFred (voice)
- Joachim KemmerTortellini (voice)
- Peer AugustinskiDr. Greed (voice)
- Hans-Werner BussingerPlatini (voice)
- Klaus SonnenscheinThe Baron (voice)
- Ranja HelmyMozart (voice)
- Lutz RiedelTaxidermist (voice)
- Tom DeiningerThe Miller (voice)
- Katharina ThalbachThe Heiress (voice)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookcatdonkeymusicalbremenanti-communismroosterdogtalking animalindependent film