Sputnik

Sentimental Film/Comedy, Belgium/Czechia 2013

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Autumn 1989: No one suspects that the last days of a small country have long been numbered. Especially in the tranquil town of Malkow in the heart of the GDR, everything is going its socialist way – at least on the surface. In secret, ten-year-old Rike (Flora Li Thiemann) and her friends Fabian (Finn Fiebig) and Jonathan (Luca Johannsen) are working on a spectacular invention that will change the world, but above all, it will beam Uncle Mike (Jacob Matschenz) from West Berlin back to the East. Inspired by their favorite series, Spaceship Interspace, they build a teleporter. What the three don't realize is that Rike's parents (Yvonne Catterfeld and Maxim Mehmet) are considering “going over” themselves. And the loyal police officer Mauder (Devid Striesow) is already on the trail of the inventive troublemakers. The situation comes to a dramatic head when the experiment takes an unexpected turn on November 9, 1989: it is not Mike who ends up in Malkow, but the entire village population on the Berlin Wall. Did the children accidentally change the course of history?

Awards

German Film Critics Association 2014 Best Children's Film
Festival of German Film 2014 Honorable mention

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Director:

Markus Dietrich

Composer:

Jan P. Muchow

Sound Design:

David Titěra

Cast:

Flora Li Thiemann (Friederike Bode)

Finn Fiebig (Fabian Schwartze)

Luca Johanssen (Jonathan Rheinhardt)

Emil von Schönfels (Oliver Krischewski)

Devid Striesow (Community Policeman)

Yvonne Catterfeld (Katharina Bode)

Maxim Mehmet (Torsten Bode)

Ursula Werner (Grandma Bode)

Marie Gruber (Mrs. Schwartze)

Original title:

Sputnik

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 8 years

Ratings:

FBW "especially valuable"

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

German