Annaluise & Anton (1999)
"Pünktchen und Anton" (original title)

Pünktchen and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public... See full summary »

Director:

Caroline Link

Writers:

Erich Kästner (novel), Caroline Link

Stars:

Elea Geissler, Max Felder, Juliane Köhler

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elea Geissler	...	Annaluise / Pünktchen
Max Felder	...	Anton
Juliane Köhler	...	Bettina Pogge
August Zirner	...	Richard Pogge
Meret Becker	...	Elli Gast
Sylvie Testud	...	Laurence
Gudrun Okras	...	Dicke Bertha
Benno Fürmann	...	Carlos
Michael Hanemann	...	Professor Bremser
Helmfried von Lüttichau	...	Giovanni
Thomas Holtzmann	...	Man in the pawnshop
Vincent Aydin	...	Ricky
Florian Wiechmann	...	Charly
Hubert Mulzer	...	Police officer
Arnd Klawitter	...	Card seller

Storyline

Pünktchen and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public relation reasons than for the social tasks she pretends to fulfill, is never available to her as a mother. Anton, son of a single and sick mother in financial trouble, does his best to help her out of it by working late. Pünktchen decides to help her only friend (as nobody else would anyway) and starts singing in public places. Trouble arises when Anton can't resist stealing a golden lighter and Pünktchen's secret life is discovered by her parents. Two troubled families finally can see the need for actions to be taken.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | friendship | mother daughter relationship | family relationships | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

Die Geschichte einer wunderbaren Freundschaft, erzählt von Caroline Link.

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Genres:

Family | Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Site in German about crew, actors and contents. Also contains production-notes.

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

11 March 1999 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Annaluise & Anton

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 5,700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bavaria Film, Lunaris Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Punktchen and Anton (1953)

User Reviews

Wonderful, magical movie

It's a great film, not only for children, it's a movie for the family. The "old" story of Erich Kästner from 1931 in a young and fresh adaption, but - thanks Caroline Link - you can recognize the story. The actors are playing great, the music is fantastic.