An orphan boy in search of his origin. A young princess held prisoner in deadly Dragon City. Jim and his friend Luke discovering mysterious lands on the quest of a lifetime.
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Title: Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Mrs. Grindtooth (voice) | |
| Michael Herbig | ... | Nepumuk (voice) | |
| Henning Baum | ... | Lukas | |
| Uwe Ochsenknecht | ... | König Alfons | |
| Annette Frier | ... | Frau Waas | |
| Christoph Maria Herbst | ... | Herr Ärmel | |
| Milan Peschel | ... | Tur Tur | |
| Hon Ping Tang | ... | Guard Lieutenant | |
| Volker Michalowski | ... | Postbote | |
| Thomas Fritsch | ... | Erzähler (voice) | |
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Paul Courtenay Hyu | ... | Wise Man IV |
| Darryl Quon | ... | Langer Bonze | |
| Rick Kavanian | ... | Die Wilde 13 | |
| Leighanne Esperanzate | ... | Prinzessin Li Si | |
| Judy Winter | ... | Frau Mahlzahn (voice) | |
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An orphan boy in search of his origin. A young princess held prisoner in deadly Dragon City. Jim and his friend Luke discovering mysterious lands on the quest of a lifetime.
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Jim Knopf: I rather be an engine driver, just like you.
Lukas: Engine drivers only follow the tracks that were found by explorers.
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Dennis Gansel said in an interview that he grew up with the audio drama version of that story, that was released in 1973 and was also written and narrated by the novel's writer Michael Ende. See more »Quotes
Lukas: You'll become a great explorer.Jim Knopf: I rather be an engine driver, just like you.
Lukas: Engine drivers only follow the tracks that were found by explorers.
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8 November 2019 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Before you base yourself on my ratings if you are going to watch this movie or not there are a couple things to clarify. I watched this movie without reading anything about it before, I just stumbled on this movie and gave it a shot. The problem is not that it's in German, even though it's quite funny to see that all Asians speak German, but the fact that I'm fifty years old and that this movie is made for kids between five and eight. So the whole movie looks and sounds very childish. I have a wide imagination but this one is just too childish. If I were six years old I would probably love this movie, but I'm not, I'm fifty and so this movie is, even if it's well made, just not for me. But if you have kids this movie will get their attention and keep them quiet for a while.