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German | Latte Igel und der magische Wasserstein |
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Based on | Latte and the Magic Waterstone by Sebastian Lybeck |
Produced by | Lilian Klages |
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Music by | Andreas Hoge |
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Distributed by | Sola Media (Worldwide Sales) Netflix (International) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Countries | Germany Belgium |
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Box office | $4.9 million[1] |
Latte and the Magic Waterstone (German: Latte Igel und der magische Wasserstein) is a 2019 German-Belgian computer-animated film directed by Mimi Maynard, Regina Welker, and Nina Wels. Based on the 1971 book of the same name by Sebastian Lybeck, it was adapted for film with a screenplay by Martin Behnke, Andrea Deppert, Marina Martins, and Jesper Møller. The film premiered at the Schlingel International Film Festival in 2019, and was released in Germany on December 25, 2019.[2] It was later released on Netflix as an original film on July 31, 2020.[3][4]
The film stars Luisa Wietzorek as Latte, an ambitious hedgehog, and Tim Schwarzmaier as Tjum, a shy and clumsy red squirrel, on a journey to retrieve the magic waterstone from the thief who stole it. In the English dub produced by Netflix, Latte and Tjum are voiced by Ashley Bornancin and Carter Hastings respectively. Other stars include Henning Baum and Timur Bartels in the German dub, and Danny Fehsenfeld, Gunnar Sizemore, and Leslie Miller in the English dub.[5] Latte and the Magic Waterstone received mixed reviews.