The little Polar Bear
Feature film 2001, duration 75 min.
based on the books by Hans de Beer
 
Lars, an extraordinary little polar bear, lives with his parents in the widespread landscape of the North Pole. One day, something strange happens: Lars makes friends with the seal Robbie, who saves his life. Lars' and Robbie's parents are shocked. Because polar bears normally love to eat seals. The animals start an argument. Lars, Robbie and the Walrus Sopho find a solution. The seals are to provide the polar bears with fish, and in return the polar bears let the seals be. But suddenly the peace between the animals is threatened: The seals can no longer find any fish. In an adventurous way, Lars comes to a small village, and there he meats the Inuit girl Manili, who understands the language of the animals. Manili tells Lars, that the Inuits cannot find any fish either. The animals and the people are all in the same situation... Lars, Robbie and Manili discover a black ship and manage to get on board. The ship turns out to be a gigantic swimming high tech fish catching plant. However, the three friends do not have much time to investigate.
 
 
Script
Bert Schrickel
Thomas Wittenburg
Piet de Rycker
Producer
Willi Geike
Thilo Graf Rothkirch
Director
Piet de Rycker
Thilo Graf Rothkirch
Executive Producer
Maya Gräfin Rothkirch
Animation Director
Kris Van Alphen
Music
Nigel Clarke
Michael Csanyi-Wills
Voices
Dirk Bach
Jeanette Biedermann
Jochen Busse
Anke Engelke
Mike Krüger
Ingolf Lück
Vanessa Petruo
Harry Rowohlt
Wolfgang Völz u.a.
Title Song
No Angels
Co-Production
© 2001 Rothkirch Cartoon-Film und Warner Bros. Film GmbH
subsidised by
Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien,
Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH,
FFA Filmförderungsanstalt/German Federal Film Board,
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein,
MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
 
 
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for European Animation Films
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Merchandising
Little polarbear AG und WDR mediagroup
Distribution
Worldwide distribution TV and Video: Warner Bros.
Book
Nord-Süd Verlags AG
Soundtrack
Edel Media & Entertainment GmbH
Audio Play and song album
Edel Media&Entertainment GmbH
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