Die wilden Hühner (2006)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Vivian Naefe

Writers:

Cornelia Funke (novel)
Güzin Kar (writer)

Release Date:

9 February 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Teenage Girl | Teen | Virgin | Friendship Between Girls

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michelle von Treuberg	...	Sprotte
Lucie Hollmann	...	Frieda
Paula Riemann	...	Melanie
Zsa Zsa Inci Bürkle	...	Trude (as Zsá Zsá Inci Bürkle)
Jette Hering	...	Wilma
Jeremy Mockridge	...	Fred
Philip Wiegratz	...	Steve
Martin Kurz	...	Torte
Vincent Redetzki	...	Willi
Veronica Ferres	...	Sibylle
Doris Schade	...	Oma Slättberg
Jessica Schwarz	...	Frau Rose
Axel Prahl	...	Willis Vater
Lukas Steimel	...	Luki
Lukas Engel	...	Titus

Also Known As:

The Wild Chicks (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:105 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Bavaria Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Das weiß doch jedes Kind!: Promispecial (#3.1)" (2008)

Nicely done

I've never been much of a fan of Cornelia Funke's "Wilde Hühner" books, so I took my 7-year-old daughter to see this with some reluctance. I was agreeably surprised, though. The story works, the kids are great, and what I liked best was the realistic portrayal of their family backgrounds, not quite the common fare in kid's movies. Most of it was subtly done, like in some of Astrid Lindgren's stories. These kids' troubles are for real, and if there's evil in this film, it's the evil of thoughtless neglect on the part of the parents. Every kid (and adult) can identify with that. The dialog tended to be too heavy sometimes, but this is the only real fault I could find. Gripping and touching.