Die Höhle des gelben Hundes (2005)

Director:

Byambasuren Davaa

Writers:

Byambasuren Davaa (writer)
Michael P. Greco (adaptation)

Release Date:

28 July 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The little nomad girl Nansal finds a baby dog in the mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Nomad | Fear | Vulture | Family Life

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Batchuluun Urjindorj	...	Father
Buyandulam Daramdadi	...	Mother
Nansal Batchuluun	...	Oldest daughter
Nansalmaa Batchuluun	...	Youngest daughter
Babbayar Batchuluun	...	Son
Tserenpuntsag Ish	...	Older woman
Scharav Sumiya	...	First hunter
Battur Lhamsuren	...	Second hunter
Batjargal Ulzidelger	...	Driver

Also Known As:

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (International: English title) (Ireland: English title) (UK)
Der mongolische Hund (Germany) (working title)
Die Höhle des gelben Hundes - Eine Geschichte aus der Mongolei (Germany) (long title)

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:93 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Germany

Language:

Mongolian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:6 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Argentina:Atp | UK:U | Ireland:G | USA:G | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Inner Mongolia, China

Company:

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)

Quotes:

Oldest daughter: Will I be reborn as a person in my next life?
Old Woman: Come here, I'll show you something.
[dropping a palm-full of rice grains onto an upward needle]
Old Woman: [handing the needle to the girl] Tell me when a grain of rice balance on the tip of the needle.
Oldest daughter: [dropping rice onto the needle for a while]
Old Woman: [chuckles]
Oldest daughter: That's impossible!
Old Woman: See, my child? That's how hard it is to be born again as a person. That's why a human life is so valuable.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "At the Movies: (2006-09-27)" (2006)

A beautiful Movie!!!

This is one of the nicest movies of all time... It is not really a drama and not really anything in fact. This movie just cannot be classified... All I can say that there is some sort of humor in this Movie. Little, very little but it shows how Mongolians perceive our new ways of life for them, and how they cope with some of our things that we find perfectly normal and ordinary but they find is the coolest thing ever! I hope that you will enjoy this movie as many of us in German-speaking nations have over this movie. Maybe that thsi will come to America and maybe Southern and further northern countries of Europe. Just remember: This is a story about the life of the last true Mongolians of the Steppe.