Project Detail

My Brother is a Dog

Synopsis

Children have many wishes, some of these are especially great ones. Marietta has just the one - she wants a dog. Her parents are not keen. Especially as they have their four year old son Tobias to look after too.
 
For years Marietta pestered her parents, but to no avail. But then, on her tenth birthday she gets a magic stone from a child the family is sponsoring in Africa. Alledgedly it can fulfill a person's greatest wish.
 
One day, Marietta sits on her bed with the magic stone in her hand and wishes as hard for a dog as never before - she would give anything in exchange. A minute later the most amazing thing has happened: the sweetest dog in the world is sitting outside her door. Marietta is delighted and wants to show her brother the miracle, but he seems to have disappeared.
 
After searching frantically without success Marietta suddenly discovers a mole on the dog's stomach,  just where Tobias has one.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Peter Timm
Producer
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Burny Bos, Michiel de Rooij
Co-Producer
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Burny Bos, Michiel de Rooij
Editor
Barbara Hennings
Screenwriter
Thomas Springer
Director of Photography
Achim Poulheim
Sound
Wolfgang Wirtz
Composer
Bob and Barn
Principal cast
Maria Ehrich, Irm Hermann, Gary Lewis

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Film and Music Entertainment, Tradewind Pictures GmbH

34 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3QJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 9292

Sales Company

Bavaria Film International

Bavariafilmplatz 8
82031 Geiselgasteig, Germany

T+49 (896) 499 2686

www.bavaria-film-international.de

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