Laura's Star

Laura's Star
Laura's Star
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Piet De Rycker [fr]; Thilo Graf Rothkirch;
Written by	Michael Mädel; Piet De Rycker;
Based on	Lauras Stern; by Klaus Baumgart
Produced by	Thilo Graf Rothkirch [de]
Starring	Céline Vogt; Sandro Iannotta;
Cinematography	Amanda Atkinson
Edited by	Eric Shaw
Music by	Hans Zimmer; Henning Lohner; Nick Glennie-Smith;
Production; companies	Rothkirch Cartoon-Film; Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany; MABO Pictures Filmproduktion; Comet Film;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	26 September 2004;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German
Box office	$4,600,000

Laura's Star (German: Lauras Stern) is a 2004 German animated feature film produced and directed by Thilo Graf Rothkirch [de]. It is based on the children's book Lauras Stern by Klaus Baumgart. It was released by the German distribution unit of Warner Bros. Pictures under their Family Entertainment label.

Synopsis

Laura is a seven-year-old country girl who just moved with her family to a big city. On her first night in her new neighborhood, she sees a shooting star falling to Earth. Laura finds the star in a park and discovers that it is a living being. The star has severed one of its points during its crash landing. Laura takes the star back home in order to reattach its point with a Band-Aid.

Laura and her younger brother Tommy discover the little star has superpowers and can do amazing things, such as making people fly and bringing inanimate objects to life. However, over time, both notice that the longer the star stays on Earth, the weaker it becomes; its color gradually fades and its powers fail. The siblings and their next-door neighbor Max eventually find a way to send the little star back into outer space.

Voice cast

Céline Vogt as Laura
Sandro Iannotta as Tommy
Maximilian Artajo as Max
Brit Gülland as Mama
Heinrich Schafmeister as Papa
Mirco Nontschew as Mechanical Cat / Bear
Martin Reinl as Mini Rabbit
Eva Mattes as Sun
Peter Fitz as Moon
Mogens von Gadow as Caretaker
Hildegard Krekel as Cleaning Woman
Adrian Wilms as Harry
Carolin Von der Gröben as Harrys Bande
Adrian Killian as Harry's Gang Member
Tobias Klausmann as Harry's Gang Member

Music

The film features the songs "Stay" and "Touch the Sky" by the German band Wonderwall and a film score by Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, and Henning Lohner.

Accolades

Outstanding Children or Youth Film, German Film Awards, 2005^[3]
Adult Jury Prize – Animated Feature Film or Video, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 2005^[4]

Sequels and remake

In September 2009, Warner Bros. released a sequel, Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian, and in October 2011, another one, titled Laura's Star and the Dream Monsters.^[5] A live-action remake of the film was released in 2021.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Lauras Stern". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ "Lauras Stern". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
^ "Prize Winners 2005". deutscher-filmpreis.de. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Chicago International Children's Film Festival – Awards List 2005" (PDF). facets.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Lauras Stern und die Traummonster". Kino.de. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

External links

Official website
Laura's Star at IMDb
Lauras Stern at IMDb (TV series)
Lauras Weihnachtsstern at IMDb (Christmas special)

[filmportal-1] "Lauras Stern". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[2] "Lauras Stern". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[3] "Prize Winners 2005". deutscher-filmpreis.de. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[4] "Chicago International Children's Film Festival – Awards List 2005" (PDF). facets.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[5] "Lauras Stern und die Traummonster". Kino.de. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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