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Die Story von Monty Spinnerratz

Deutschland 1996/1997 Spielfilm

A Rat′s Tale

In the mysterious sewers of New York there are hard-working rats preventing Manhattan from choking in flotsam and jetsam and garbage.

 

But the property speculator Mr. Dollart, who′s worth a million or two, ignores the sensitive ecological balance: he wants to build an enormous multi-storey car park in the disused harbour area. The rats will first be exterminated with poison. But Mr. Dollart hasn′t reckoned with the brave young rat Monty Spinnerratz the president′s daughter Isabella Nobelratz. Showing a firm determination, the two take up the struggle to save the rats - and humans.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Michael Fritz Huse

Screenplay

  • Werner Morgenrath
  • Peter Scheerbaum

Director of photography

  • Piotr Lenar

Editing

  • Timothy McLeish

Music

  • Frederic Talgorn

Cast

  • Josef Ostendorf
    Mr. Lou Dollart
  • Beverly D'Angelo
    Mrs. Dollart
  • Jerry Stiller
    Prof. Plumpingham
  • Lauren Hutton
    Evelyn Jellybelly
  • Steffen Wink
    Nick McRafferty
  • Andreas Herder
    Tom O'Dooley
  • Jonathan Kinsler
    Architekt Stressback
  • Yoshinori Yamamoto
    Mr. Futon San
  • Jack Recknitz
    Texander

Production company

  • Monty Filmgesellschaft GmbH (Düsseldorf)

Producer

  • Hans-Peter Clahsen

Alle Credits

Director

  • Michael Fritz Huse

Assistant director

  • Richard Greenberg
  • Dena Gittelmann
  • Regina Wragge

Dialogue editor

  • Theodor Dopheide

Script supervisor

  • Alexandra Stanko

Screenplay

  • Werner Morgenrath
  • Peter Scheerbaum

based on

  • Tor Seidler (Roman "A Rat's Tale")

Script (other)

  • Sebastian Goy (Dialog-Beratung)

Director of photography

  • Piotr Lenar

Camera operator

  • Colin Corby
  • Bastiaan Houtkooper

Assistant camera

  • Christian Klopp

Lighting design

  • Richard Lindl

Production design

  • Austen Spriggs
  • Georg Mühleisen (Überwachung)
  • Giles Masters
  • Sarah Horton

Set design

  • Chantal Giuliani

Set construction

  • Len Furey (Bau-Koordination)

Storyboard

  • Michael White

Sculptor

  • Hannelore Marschall-Oehmichen (Puppengestaltung)
  • Jürgen Marschall (Puppengestaltung)

Title

  • Thomas Wilk

Costume design

  • Eun-Young Kim

Editing

  • Timothy McLeish

Sound

  • Olaf Gross
  • Dieter Struck (Digitale Tontechnik)

Foley artist

  • Mel Kutbay
  • Max Bauer

Audio mixing

  • Alexander Schaefer
  • John Timperley (Musikmischung)

Special effects

  • Martin Gessner (Digitale Effekte Überwachung)
  • Bodo Keller (Digitale Effekte Überwachung)
  • Karl-Heinz Bochnig

Music

  • Frederic Talgorn

Arrangement

  • Paul Talkington (Musik-Koordination)
  • Frederic Talgorn (Orchestrierung)
  • John Bell (Orchestrierung)

Conductor

  • William Bouton

Music performer

  • Münchner Symphoniker (München)

Cast

  • Josef Ostendorf
    Mr. Lou Dollart
  • Beverly D'Angelo
    Mrs. Dollart
  • Jerry Stiller
    Prof. Plumpingham
  • Lauren Hutton
    Evelyn Jellybelly
  • Steffen Wink
    Nick McRafferty
  • Andreas Herder
    Tom O'Dooley
  • Jonathan Kinsler
    Architekt Stressback
  • Yoshinori Yamamoto
    Mr. Futon San
  • Jack Recknitz
    Texander

Voice

  • Philipp Moog
    Monty jr. Spinneratz
  • Carmen Plate
    Isabella Nobelratz
  • Klaus Havenstein
    Monty sen. Spinneratz
  • Gudo Hoegel
    Rudi Raffratz
  • Donald Arthur
    Kanaligator Charon
  • Renate Danz
    Charlotte Spinneratz
  • Wolfgang Völz
    Hugo Nobelratz
  • Ilja Richter
    Lauritz Lackratz
  • Evelyn Gressmann
    Lukretia Nobelratz
  • Vittorio Casagrande
    Pförtnermaus Giuseppe
  • Martin Semmelrogge
    Arnie Packratz
  • Nicolas Wilcke
    Eddi Packratz
  • Wolfgang Ostberg
    Joe Medizinratz
  • Viktor Deiß
    Carl Lackratz
  • Luiz Ruiz
    Indioratte Venceremos
  • Julia Ziffer
    Elli Lackratz
  • Friedrich Schoenfelder
    Walter Demokratz
  • Lutz Mackensy
    Georg Spinneratz
  • Christiane Blumhoff
    Anna Maria Spinneratz
  • Anne Marks-Rocke
    Rose Demokratz
  • Uwe Büschken
    Laborgehilfe Famulus
  • Andreas Fröhlich
    Billy
  • Harald Leipnitz
    Erwin Geizratz
  • Dirk Müller
    Protzratz
  • Oliver Rohrbeck
    Glatzratz

Dubbing

  • Dagmar Heller
    Mrs. Dollart
  • Friedrich Georg Beckhaus
    Prof. Plumpingham
  • Monica Bielenstein
    Evelyn Jellybelly
  • Oliver Feld
    Tom O'Dooley
  • Manfred Wagner
    Architekt Stressback
  • Ichiro Okabe
    Mr. Futon San
  • Ulrich Voß
    Texander

Production company

  • Monty Filmgesellschaft GmbH (Düsseldorf)

in co-production with

  • Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH (Hamburg)

Production (other)

  • International Productions S.L. (Kanarische Inseln) (Produktionshilfe)
  • Helicópteros del Atlántico, S.AT. (Kanarische Inseln) (Produktionshilfe)
  • Shooting Gallery (New York) (Produktionshilfe)
  • Gun For Fire (New York) (Produktionshilfe)

Producer

  • Hans-Peter Clahsen

Line producer

  • Rolf M. Degener

Unit production manager

  • Christa-Maria Klein
  • Sabine Bröder

Location manager

  • Sascha Koszinowski
  • Gabriele Goiczyk

Production coordinator

  • Peter Kreysler

Production manager

  • Irmgard Schäuble-Stiller

Production accountant

  • Andrea Mathuis

Original distributor

  • Warner Bros. Pictures Germany GmbH (Hamburg)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Bundesministerium des Innern (Bonn)
  • Bayerische Film- und Fernsehförderung (LfA) (München)

Shoot

    • 16.07.1996 - 22.09.1996: Duisburg, New York, Kanarische Inseln
Duration:
2609 m, 95 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 18.03.1997, 77086, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): November 1998, Premiere

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Story von Monty Spinnerratz

Versions

Original

Duration:
2609 m, 95 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 18.03.1997, 77086, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): November 1998, Premiere

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