Richard the Stork
Überflieger – Kleine Vögel, großes GeklapperWhen Richard awakes one fall morning to find himself alone in his stork nest, he's aghast. How could the others have left him behind? Undaunted, Richard sets out alone for Africa to prove to his stork family that he's one of them. Unfortunately, there's one inconvenient truth: Richard is in fact a sparrow and not at all equipped with what it takes to complete such a long-distance flight. On his voyage across Europe, he encounters a whole cast of winged oddballs, including Mafiosi crows and high voltage pigeons, as well as the helpful owl Olga and karaoke-loving parakeet Kiki, who are both blessed with brilliant ideas. Through his many adventures, Richard finally learns that it's actually not so bad being a sparrow amongst the most colourful birds.
With
- Tilman Döbler (Richard)
- Christian Gaul (Kiki)
- Nicolette Krebitz (Olga)
- Marco Eßer (Max)
- Marcus Off (Claudius)
- Maud Ackermann (Aurora)
- James Carter Cathcart (Gesang Kiki)
Crew
Director | Toby Genkel |
Co-Director | Reza Memari |
Screenplay | Reza Memari |
Editing | Reza Memari |
Animation Director | Kenneth Vandel |
Music | Eric Neveux |
Sound Design | Bent Holm |
Animation Supervisor | Javier Perez Rodenas, Gilles Rudziak |
Sound Mixing | Bent Holm, Espen Rønning |
Production Design | Stéphane LeCocq |
Set Design | Bernd Kissel |
Character Design | Christian Puille |
Line Producer | Ciara Breslin |
Producers | Kristine M.I. Knudsen, Emely Christians, Eric Goossens, Anton Roebben, Stephan Roelants |
Executive Producers | Marc Gabizon, Dr. Thomas Weymar |
Co-Producers | Tania Reichert-Facilides, David Claikens, Alex Verbaere, Lars Leegaard Marøy, Tom Streuber |
Co-Production |
Walking the Dog Brüssel Mélusine Productions Contern Den siste skilling AS Bergen Senator Film Produktion GmbH Berlin BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance Brüssel Mediefondet Zefyr Bergen Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hamburg |
World Sales
Global Screen
Produced by
Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur GmbH
http://www.knudsenstreuber.com/de http://www.knudsenstreuber.com/de
Ulysses Filmproduktion GmbH
Toby Genkel
Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1970, he studied graphic design in Hamburg from 1992 to 1994. He first became acquainted with film working at the TFC Trickompany where he was co-director of the feature film Kommando Störtebeker in 1998. He works as a writer, layout artist and designer as well as a director and co-director on commercials, animated films and animated TV series including Werner – Das muß kesseln!!! and Karlsson vom Dach. He is currently co-writer and co-director on the 3D feature film Tabaluga – Der Film, on a TV series and theatrical feature for 'Olchis' and Yakari, another 3D feature.
Filmography (selection)
1998 Kommando Störtebecker; Co-director 2007 Das doppelte Lottchen 2011 Thor – Ein hammermäßiges Abeneuer (Thor – Legends of Walhalla); Co-director 2015 Ooops! Noah is Gone ... (Ooops! Die Arche ist weg ...) 2016 Richard the Stork (Überflieger – kleine Vögel, großes Geklapper)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018