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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| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Mrs. Grindtooth (voice) | |
| Michael Herbig | ... | Nepumuk (voice) | |
| Henning Baum | ... | Lukas | |
| Christoph Maria Herbst | ... | Herr Ärmel | |
| Milan Peschel | ... | Tur Tur | |
| Uwe Ochsenknecht | ... | König Alfons | |
| Hon Ping Tang | ... | Guard Lieutenant | |
| Rick Kavanian | ... | Die Wilde 13 | |
| Annette Frier | ... | Frau Waas | |
| Volker Michalowski | ... | Postbote | |
| Darryl Quon | ... | Langer Bonze | |
| Thomas Fritsch | ... | Erzähler (voice) | |
| Leighanne Esperanzate | ... | Prinzessin Li Si | |
| Judy Winter | ... | Frau Mahlzahn (voice) | |
| Kao Chenmin | ... | Kaiser von Mandala | |
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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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Dragons live by the Nazi's standards of racial purity, not allowing half-bloods such as Nepomuk into their city of Sorrowland. In the city, Mrs. Grindtooth teaches racial superiority to the abducted children. Author Michael Ende chose these topics because he has disagreed with this ideology since before World War II. 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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The first closing credits are displayed in a book featuring technical drawings of EMMA and whole Lummerland as well as of other places from the story. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Michael Ende didn't write as many books as others, but most of his books became instant classics. The tale of "Jim Knopf und Lukas, der Lokomotivführer" ist his best known, next to "Neverending story", which has become a classic both as a book and a film. While the latter aims for adults as well as for older kids, "Jim Knopf" is a great children's story - although it contains elements that will ring more with grown ups.
The book is great in it's detail, and the pictures are fantastic on their own account. Then there's the marionette-version, made for TV by the "Augsburger Puppenkiste", in the 1970s.
Now, Jim finally and well deservingly hits the big screen - and the makers did really, really well! They took lots of inspiration from the beloved TV-Version and didn't change a lot of the story: Jim being brought to the island of Lummerland with only a few habitants and a train engine as a baby, later sailing away (on the engine!) with his fatherly friend Lukas, to explore the secret of his heritage, trying to save princess Li Si from the dragon's city on the way, meeting lots of curious people on their journey...
The director tells the story very straight, the action is well paced, and there are hardly any important parts missing. The visuals are fine, except for Nepomuk, the half dragon, who REALLY looks animated! No 3D, thankfully! The actors are doing a great job, especially both leads, but also all the secondary characters.
A minor annoyance to me was the unnecessary change of the fact that Jim can't read or write at the beginning. That's why he has to DRAW a letter to Mrs. Waas when he's leaving. They kept the drawings in the movie but ADDED additional writing!
Apart from that there's hardly anything to criticise. I rate this fantastic adaption 9/10 and look forward to the sequel "Die Wilde 13"!