Jester Till (2003)

In this brand new adventure tale, Jester Till is on his way to the city to visit his grandfather, the slightly absent-minded wizard Marcus. The old man brews up a magical happiness potion ... See full summary »

Director:

Eberhard Junkersdorf

Writers:

Peter Carpentier, Eberhard Junkersdorf

Stars:

Benedict Weber, Veronica Ferres, Mario Adorf

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mario Adorf	...	Bürgermeister (voice)
Veronica Ferres	...	Nele (voice)
Benedict Weber	...	Till Eulenspiegel (voice)
Christian Tramitz	...	Cornelius (voice)
Dieter Landuris	...	Hauptmann (voice)
Rick Kavanian	...	Magischer Spiegel (voice)
Oliver Mink	...	Lamme (voice)
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Pickelhauber (voice)
Katharina Thalbach	...	Katharina (voice)
Patrick Flecken	...	König (voice)
Regina Lemnitz	...	Nanny (voice) (as Regine Lemnitz)
Udo Wachtveitl	...	Marcus (voice)
Ulrich Frank	...	Patient / Bischof (voice)
Claus Brockmeyer	...	Herold (voice)
Hartmut Neugebauer	...	Stadtwache und Conferencier (voice)

Storyline

In this brand new adventure tale, Jester Till is on his way to the city to visit his grandfather, the slightly absent-minded wizard Marcus. The old man brews up a magical happiness potion he feels the townsfolk need. Till embarks on an adventurous quest to find Marcus, who vanishes in an explosion of potion that had been tampered with.

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Plot Keywords:

jester | magical mirror | undead | tax | talking animal | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

During the opening credits the main crew credits are spoofed by comical clockwork figures coming out of a church tower.

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Connections

Version of Till Eulenspiegel (1967)

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Soundtracks

Barkani
by Karmix Kuoan Ganjo
Courtesy of Chall 'O Music, Paris, France

User Reviews

Good,If you're into MCDonalds....erh, i mean Walt Disney.

I think this was supposed to look and work like a big-budget Walt Disney production. Well, If you like big-budget Walt Disney productions and you are half-blinded then there's a chance you like this one.... I can't think of a reason to make a movie like this other than to make money. I mean it looks like its all computer generated, no single drop of ink was spilled. The character -design and the colours look just like in a TV-spot for cereals. I hate TV-spots with cartoons! Same with the music. It's only there to emphasize this "Movie-for-the-whole-family"-thing. And also the voices. It sounds exactly like the Germans would have dubbed a Disney movie. And the characters sound so hysterical-happy or they sound hysterical dumb and so on. I just got such a pretentious feel of the whole thing. I get angry, when people just take an well-approved concept(not that I like Disney movies!) and think they just have to transpose everything with a slightly different and dumbed down version instead of develop an own and original style of telling. This is a movie made for adults, to make them feel like they are actually doing something nice to their children. Small children will stare at anything with big eyes and open mouths and if they will laugh at some points then its not because Till Eulenspiegel is so damn funny, its because it looks stupid! Its just like this MCDonalds TV-spot, where kids drag their parents to the next MCDonalds restaurant and everyone smiles like a psycho. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.............

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

25 September 2003 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Jester Till

Box Office

Budget:

EUR15,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,167,017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Munich Animation Film, CP Medien AG, De Familie Janssen cbva

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1