Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.
Director: Dennis Gansel
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Henning Baum as Lukas |
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Solomon Gordon as Jim Knopf |
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Annette Frier as Mrs. Waas |
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Uwe Ochsenknecht as King Alfons |
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Christoph Maria Herbst as Mr. Ärmel |
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Milan Peschel as Tur Tur |
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Rick Kavanian as Wilde 13 / Pirate |
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Eden Gough as Ping Pong |
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Leighanne Esperanzate as Li Si |
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Kao Chenmin as Emperor of Mandala |
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Ozzie Yue as Pi Pa Po |
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Volker Michalowski as Mailman |
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Alex Liang as Big Head |
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Hon Ping Tang as Guard Lieutenant |
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Fang Yu as Tall Bonze |
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Darryl Quon as Fat Bonze |
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Tadashi Endo as Wise Man #1 |
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Maverick Quek as Wise Man #2 |
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Andy Cheung as Wise Man #3 |
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Paul Courtenay Hyu as Wise Man #4 |
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Timo Hölzl as Eskimo Boy |
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Finn-Luka Schmidt as Japanese Boy |
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Zoe Stehle as Native American Girl |
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Denu Ekanayaka as Indian Boy |
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Ermias Nennmann as African Boy |
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Andreas Schretter as Bavarian Boy |
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Sophia Gobrecht as Scandinavian Girl |
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Florin Schiranksi as Russian Boy |
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Prince Mayomona as Infant Jim |
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Oyas Mayomona as Three-Year-Old Jim |
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Michael Herbig as Nepumuk (voice) |
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Judy Winter as Mrs. Mahlzahn (voice) |
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Finn Posthumus as Jim Knopf (voice) |
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Reiner Schöne as Grimbart (voice) |
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Franz Hagn as Ping Pong (voice) |
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Hedda Erlebach as Li Si (voice) |
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Daniel Zillmann as Big Head (voice) |
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Fred Maire as Emperor of Mandela (voice) |
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Boris Alinovic as Fat Bonze (voice) |
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Beate Gerlach as Emma (voice) |
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Thomas Fritsch as Narrator (voice) |
| Production | Ulrike Fauth | Line Producer |
| Crew | Phong Giang | Stunts |
| Production | Christian Becker | Producer |
| Production | Christoph Fisser | Co-Producer |
| Production | Derrick H. Myer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matthias Rosenberger | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carl Woebcken | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Dennis Gansel | Director |
| Writing | Michael Ende | Novel |
| Writing | Dirk Ahner | Writer |
| Writing | Andrew Birkin | Writer |
| Writing | Sebastian Niemann | Writer |
| Camera | Torsten Breuer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Simon Brown | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Friedemann Röse | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Visual Effects | Jan Stoltz | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Belen Sousa Domínguez | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hartmut Engel | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Harry Fast | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Patrick Kern | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Thorsten Kesse | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Dorian Knapp | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nicola Russi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Claudius Urban | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Daniel S. Yuhlmann | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Stefanie Scheil | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sebastian Zilius | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kariem Saleh | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Alexander Schumann | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Berter Orpak | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Christian Kratzert | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Christoph Schinko | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Wolfgang Haas | Animation |
| Art | Matthias Müsse | Production Design |