Animals United

Animals United (2010)

Konferenz der Tiere

A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavour to save the delta and send a message to the humans not to interfere with nature.

Date of release
2010-10-07
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (357)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy
Director
Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe
Collection
Animals United Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.9M
  • Based on: The animals' conference
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Animals United is a 2010 German animated adventure comedy film directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe and released on 7 October 2010. The film stars Ralf Schmitz and Thomas Fritsch as a meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socrates, who go on an epic quest to discover why their river has unexpectedly dried up. It is loosely based on the 1949 book The Animals' Conference by Erich Kästner and Walter Trier. This is the second adaptation as the first adaptation was a 2D-animated film, which was also the first German animated feature film to be in color that was released in 1969. The screenplay for the film was written by Oliver Huzly and Reinhard Kloos.

Production

The film's production began on 22 November 2008 and ended on 22 June 2010; animation was provided by the Hannover-based studio Ambient Entertainment using Autodesk-owned software. The film had over 1.5 million viewers in German cinemas. There were over 5 million visitors across Europe, including more than a million in France. It grossed over $50 million worldwide.

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