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Richard the Stork

Überflieger – Kleine Vögel, großes Geklapper

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‘What kind of a sparrow are you?’ · ‘I…I am a stork.’

When 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.

by
Toby Genkel

Germany / Belgium / Luxembourg / Norway 2016

German

84’ · Colour

Rating R0

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

Biography

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

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