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Tom Sawyer

2011 · 109 min

A sunlit, mischievous childhood adventure that ambles along with warmth and gentle scrapes, easy to share with the family.

Directed by: Hermine Huntgeburth
Genres: Adventure, Family
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann

Overview: Tom Sawyer has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly with Tom and his half-brother Sid in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river.

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Directed by: Hermine Huntgeburth
Genres: Adventure, Family
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
family
freedom
rebellion
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: adventure, family
Directed by: Hermine Huntgeburth
Written by: Peer Klehmet, Sascha Arango, Sebastian Wehlings
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Peter Lohmeyer, Hinnerk Schönemann, Sylvester Groth, Leon Seidel
Music: Andreas Schäfer, Moritz Freise
Cinematography: The Chau Ngo
Runtime: 109 min
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Languages: German, French, Spanish

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