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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

2018 · 109 min

A gentle, imaginative romp full of friendly oddballs, colourful detours and a warm sense of wonder that never gets too scary.

Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier

Overview: A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.

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Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 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: found family
identity
friendship
survival
freedom
Places: sea
fantasy world
wilderness
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: adventure, family, fantasy
Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Written by: Andrew Birkin, Dirk Ahner, Sebastian Niemann
Starring: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christoph Maria Herbst, Milan Peschel, Rick Kavanian, Eden Gough
Music: Ralf Wengenmayr
Cinematography: Torsten Breuer
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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