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Sams in Gefahr

Deutschland 2003 Spielfilm

My Magical Friend Sams

What′s a SAMS? Why, a Simply Adorable and Magical Sprite, of course!

Martin is a shy 11-year-old, an outsider who has no friends. To make matters worse, Martin is continually harassed by his mean gym teacher who embarrasses and humiliates him in front of the entire class.

 

Even though his father, who works as a technical advisor in the school, passes out invitations to Martin′s birthday party, no classmates show up. It′s just Martin and his parents and the big empty room. But all this is about to change…

Quickly finding the small, potion-filled bottle on a bathroom shelf, his Dad mixes a few drops in his glass, drinks it…and like a colorful whirlwind of energy…WHHOOOOSH! The Sams is there! Now Martin has a real friend, and a magical one at that! Small and impish, full of mischief and topped with fuzzy red hair, the Sams talks in funny rhymes and has a face full of blue magical freckles, each one worth one wish! But there are only so many freckles... and crazy side effects that come with every new batch!

After a flurry of hilarious "wishtakes", Martin quickly learns how to wish with precision, and armed with his enchanting new companion he begins a wild escapade of magic-making that wins him lots of new friends, good grades in school…and unfortunately, the greedy attention of his obnoxious and conniving gym teacher.

Then suddenly the Sams is gone! And all at once, strange things start to happen: The gym teacher becomes school principal, suddenly has a new dream car and a beautiful villa…he′s also somehow captured the heart of the gorgeous math teacher. Worst of all, Martin is kicked out of school and his dad gets fired! There′s only one possibility…the gym teacher must have kidnapped the Sams and is deviously using his freckled powers! Everything seems to be lost, but Martin is stubbornly determined, magic or no magic, to go in search of his caring friend. It might be difficult, but where there′s a Sams, there′s a way!

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Ben Verbong

Screenplay

  • Paul Maar
  • Ulrich Limmer

Director of photography

  • Jan Fehse

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Music

  • Nicola Piovani

Cast

  • Ulrich Noethen
    Bruno Taschenbier
  • ChrisTine Urspruch
    Sams / Frau Scheinbar
  • Dominique Horwitz
    Fitzgerald Daume
  • Armin Rohde
    Anton Mon
  • Eva Mattes
    Annemarie Rotkohl
  • Ina Weisse
    Margarete Taschenbier
  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Frau Müller-Klessheim
  • Constantin Gastmann
    Martin Taschenbier
  • Gert Burkard
    Herr Lürcher
  • Laura Roll
    Tina

Production company

  • Collina Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Ulrich Limmer

Alle Credits

Director

  • Ben Verbong

Assistant director

  • Jochen Gosch

Screenplay

  • Paul Maar
  • Ulrich Limmer

based on

  • Paul Maar (Kinderbuch)

Director of photography

  • Jan Fehse

Assistant camera

  • Bernhard Wagner

Still photography

  • Jíri Hanzl

Set design

  • Frank Polosek

Prop master

  • Thomas Schmidt

Construction manager

  • Klaus Eckmann

Make-up artist

  • Birger Laube
  • Tatjana Luckdorf

Costume design

  • Claudia Bobsin

Editing

  • Alexander Berner

Assistant editor

  • Charles Ladmiral

Sound editor

  • Stefan Busch (Leitung)
  • Fabian Schmidt (Dialoge)
  • Nico Krebs

Foley editor

  • Lisa Geffken-Reinhard

Sound

  • Eckhard W. Kuchenbecker

Sound assistant

  • Jerome Burkhard

Foley artist

  • Jo Fürst

Special effects

  • Jan Singh (SFX)
  • Harald Rüdiger (Überwachung)

Stunts

  • Mac Steinmeier
  • Michael Mohr

Music

  • Nicola Piovani

Cast

  • Ulrich Noethen
    Bruno Taschenbier
  • ChrisTine Urspruch
    Sams / Frau Scheinbar
  • Dominique Horwitz
    Fitzgerald Daume
  • Armin Rohde
    Anton Mon
  • Eva Mattes
    Annemarie Rotkohl
  • Ina Weisse
    Margarete Taschenbier
  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Frau Müller-Klessheim
  • Constantin Gastmann
    Martin Taschenbier
  • Gert Burkard
    Herr Lürcher
  • Laura Roll
    Tina
  • Gottfried John
    Schulrat
  • Ernst Jacobi
    Herr Watermann
  • Rosemarie Fendel
    Mutti Daume
  • Ingo Pfeiffer
    Makler

Production company

  • Collina Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

in co-production with

  • Constantin Film Produktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Ulrich Limmer

Line producer

  • Manfred Brey

Unit production manager

  • Ranke Rakowski
  • Gilbert Möhler

Location manager

  • Lars Bieroth

Production assistant

  • Djamila Holland

Post-production

  • Tschangis Chahrokh (Mischung)

Original distributor

  • Constantin Film Verleih GmbH (München)

Original video distributor

  • Highlight Film und Home Entertainment GmbH (München)

DVD distributor

  • Highlight Film und Home Entertainment GmbH (München)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Bayerischer Bankenfonds (BBF) (München)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 27.03.2003 - 05.06.2003: Prag, Bamberg
Duration:
2761 m, 101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.10.2003, 95776, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 11.12.2003

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Sams in Gefahr
  • Arbeitstitel Das Sams II - Sams in Gefahr

Versions

Original

Duration:
2761 m, 101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.10.2003, 95776, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 11.12.2003

Awards

FBW 2003
  • Prädikat: wertvoll
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