Moonbound

Moonbound (German: Peterchens Mondfahrt) is a 2021 animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi with story by Ahadi and Arne Nolting and based on the 1915 children's book Little Peter's Journey to the Moon by Gerdt von Bassewitz.

Moonbound
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ali Samadi Ahadi
Written by	Ali Samadi Ahadi Arne Nolting
Based on	Little Peter's Journey to the Moon by Gerdt von Bassewitz
Starring	Aleks Le Raphael von Bargen Drew Sarich Cindy Robinson
Music by	Ali N. Askin
Production companies	Brave New Work Coop99 Filmproduktion Little Dream Entertainment
Distributed by	Sola Media (International sales) Filmladen (Austria) Warner Bros. (Germany)
Release date	24 June 2021 (2021-06-24)
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	Germany Austria
Language	German
Budget	€7,600,000
Box office	€8,810,767

Plot

Years ago, Mr. Zoomzeman, a June bug with his wife lives in a birch tree filled with insects. One day, during a wedding ceremony, a boss arrives and seizes the tree. Zoomzeman heads to a creek at a full moon, where he is taken to a nightfairy, and shares about what's happening. The nightfairy arrives on Earth, and banishes the boss' vehicle and the tree to the moon, leaving Zoomzeman homeless. The nightfairy informs him that the tree can be restored to its normal place if a animal-loving human accompanies him.

Years later, Peter is a space loving boy, who lives with his sister Annabelle. One day, Zoomzeman arrives at their home, where he enlists both kids to head to the moon. During the journey, both kids are separated; Peter meets a sandman. Annabelle, meanwhile, is abducted by the boss, who is now named the Moonman. Peter, Zoomzeman, and the Sandman, determined to rescue Annabelle, visit the nightfairy at her palace, where Peter shares about Annabelle's kidnapping. The nightfairy agrees to allow Peter to head to the moon.

Meanwhile, Annabelle discovers the Moonman's plans to fire a cannon at the nightfairy's palace at sunrise to give him his revenge on her. Annabelle, along with Ms. Zoomzeman, are caught by the Moonman, and he imprisons them both. Peter, Mr. Zoomzeman, and the Sandman arrive at the moon. They head to Annabelle and Ms. Zoomzeman's confinement, and they free them both. Ms. Zoomzeman reconciles with her husband, while Annabelle shares to Peter about the Moonman's plan.

As the Moonman prepares the cannon, Peter, Annabelle, the Zoomzemans, and the Sandman arrive, but Peter is unable to stop the cannon in time. The nightfairy's palace survives the cannon's hit. The nightfairy arrives at the moon, banishes the Moonman to Mars, and brings the birch tree back to Earth. Peter and Annabelle returns back home, while the Zoomzemans feel happy about their birch tree being back.

Cast

Character	Original German	English dub
Peter	Dirk Petrick	Aleks Le
Annabelle	Roxana Samadi	Lilian Gartner
Mr. Zoomzeman	Peter Simonischek	Howard Nightingall
Sandman	Raphael von Bargen (credited as Raphael van Bargen in US dub)
Moonman	Tom Vogt	Drew Sarich
Nightfairy	Gerti Drassl	Cindy Robinson
Lightning Witch	Unknown	Melissa Mabie (credited as Mellisa Mabei)

Production

The film is a German-Austrian co-production and is produced by Brave New Work in Cologne, Coop99 Filmproduktion in Vienna and Little Dream Entertainment in Hamburg. The animation was a split between Cologne-based Red Parrot Studios and D-Facto Motion in Cologne, Fish Blowing Bubbles in Munich, K-Effects in Vienna, ACHT.STUDIO in Frankfurt and Sophie Animation in Dalian. While the soundtrack was recorded by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Reception

The film received negative reviews, with 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes according to 6 reviews.

See also

• Peter in Magicland

External links

• Moonbound at IMDb
• Moonbound at Rotten Tomatoes