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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

Name: Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Director: Dennis Gansel
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2018
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christoph Maria Herbst

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.

2018 · Directed by Dennis Gansel · 109 min · Adventure · Family · Fantasy · 17 frames

Crew

Written by: Sebastian Niemann, Dirk Ahner, Andrew Birkin
Cinematography: Torsten Breuer
Music: Ralf Wengenmayr
Production design: Matthias Müsse
Produced by: Christian Becker

Cast

Henning Baum as Lukas
Solomon Gordon as Jim Knopf
Annette Frier as Mrs. Waas
Uwe Ochsenknecht as King Alfons
Christoph Maria Herbst as Mr. Ärmel
Milan Peschel as Tur Tur
Rick Kavanian as Wilde 13 / Pirate
Eden Gough as Ping Pong
Leighanne Esperanzate as Li Si
Kao Chenmin as Emperor of Mandala

Production

Country: Germany
Language: German
Studios: Malao Film, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, Studio Babelsberg
Budget: $12,500,000
Themes: island, adventurer, quest

More by Dennis Gansel

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We Are the Night — 2010
The Wave — 2008
Before the Fall — 2004

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