An adolescent girl and her toddler brother, find a star that has actually fallen to earth, that turns out to be living being...complete with cosmic powers
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Title: Laura's Star (2004)
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Céline Vogt | ... | Laura (voice) (as Celine Vogt) |
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Sandro Iannotta | ... | Tommy (voice) |
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Maximilian Artajo | ... | Max (voice) |
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Brit Gülland | ... | Mama (voice) (as Britt Güland) |
| Heinrich Schafmeister | ... | Papa (voice) | |
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Mirco Nontschew | ... | Mechanische Katze / Bär (voice) |
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Martin Reinl | ... | Mini Hase (voice) |
| Eva Mattes | ... | Sonne (voice) | |
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Peter Fitz | ... | Mond (voice) |
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Mogens von Gadow | ... | Hausmeister (voice) |
| Hildegard Krekel | ... | Putzfrau (voice) | |
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Adrian Wilms | ... | Harry (voice) |
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Carolin von der Groeben | ... | Harrys Bande (voice) |
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Adrian Killian | ... | Harrys Bande (voice) |
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Tobias Klausmann | ... | Harrys Bande (voice) |
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Laura is seven year old country girl, who's just moved along with her family to a city. On her first night in their top floor apartment, she sees a shooting star, actually falling to earth, she finds it in a park and discovers it's a living being. Taking it back home, she and her toddler brother Tommy discover it can do miracles like making people fly and bringing inanimate objects to life. But over time both notice that the longer it stays on earth, the weaker it becomes, can they along with next door neighbor Max find a way to send it back into outer space, before tragedy occurs? Written by ???
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Laura: [sighs and presses against her bedroom window] Ugh. Mom, Dad, where's the apple tree?
Mother: Oh, Laura, sweetheart. Has your spacecraft survived the move in one piece? And your flight? Come on, tell us a bit about it.
Laura: Mm. It was all a bit much, if you don't mind me saying. During our landing, we drifted slightly off course, as you all know. Then I opened my curtains and hard a good look around, and what did I see? My lovely apple tree's not there, nor my friends. The meadow has also ...
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By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Score performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: James Lockart
The Extreme Music Library, Plc.
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Warner Bros first German movie. An English version is also available. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Laura: [sighs and presses against her bedroom window] Ugh. Mom, Dad, where's the apple tree?
Mother: Oh, Laura, sweetheart. Has your spacecraft survived the move in one piece? And your flight? Come on, tell us a bit about it.
Laura: Mm. It was all a bit much, if you don't mind me saying. During our landing, we drifted slightly off course, as you all know. Then I opened my curtains and hard a good look around, and what did I see? My lovely apple tree's not there, nor my friends. The meadow has also ...
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The Magic FluteBy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Score performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: James Lockart
The Extreme Music Library, Plc.
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GermanRelease Date:
19 September 2004 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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EUR3,400,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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No in-jokes. No adult themes. Not even a guest celebrity voice-over. Just a simple animated tale about a little girl finding a damaged star in the park at night near her new house, and her subsequent adventures as she adopts it and hides it from nosy grown-ups. Later as it loses it's glow she has to make a decision... be selfish and keep her newfound celestial body and watch it slowly die, or release it back into the sky where it belongs so it can shine forth once again. I think you can see where this is going...
Still, there is plenty here to admire, including the attractive synchronicity of traditional and computer animation so that it resembles a Hayao Miyazaki film (but there the resemblance ends) as well as the inherent charm in the central premise, which is expanded on well from a children's short story. If you're wondering why sometimes the words don't match the lips, this is because it was initially a German film with re-recorded dialogue for the English speaking market. This doesn't spoil the enjoyment factor though, and it makes for a fine 80 minute diversion for the kids (and a few patient adults). 6/10