Die KONFERENZ DER TIERE
Year:
2010
Genre:
Animation (genre)
Production Country:
United Germany
Directed by Reinhard Klooss / Holger Tappe
Featuring Ralf Schmitz / Thomas Fritsch / Christoph Maria Herbst
Featuring Ralf Schmitz / Thomas Fritsch / Christoph Maria Herbst
Animated family film with an environmental message. As their water holes mysteriously dry up the animals in the African savannah look further afield, and discover that their problems are being caused by a dam built by humans to serve a new luxury hotel. As politicians gather at the hotel for a conference on protecting the environment the animals take action.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Billy Ralf Schmitz
- Socrates Thomas Fritsch
- Charles Christoph Maria Herbst
- Angie Bastian Pastewka
- Winston Peter Groeger
- hotel owner Smith Oliver Kalkofe
- Billy James Corden
- Socrates Stephen Fry
- Charles Andy Serkis
- Bonnie Billie Piper
- Angie Dawn French
- Giselle Joanna Lumley
- Winifred Vanessa Redgrave
- Winston Jim Broadbent
- Toby Jason Donovan
- Bongo Omid Djalili
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the rhinoceros Biggie Sean Schemmel
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the waterbuffalo Chino Marc Thompson
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the chimpanzee Toto Jason Griffith
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of Billy's son Junior Mischa Goodman
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of meerkat 1 Elisabeth Williams
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of meerkat 2 Jessica Owen
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the polar bear Sushi Bella Hudson
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the anteater Bob Tom Wayland
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of the mole Veronica Taylor
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of vulture 1 Ruben Lloyd
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of vulture 2 Billy Beach
- 'The Animals of the Okavango Delta' voice of vulture 3 Gary Mchenley
- 'The Australians' voice of the Tasmanian devil Smiley Pete Zarustica
- 'The Australians' voice of the koala bear Ken Oliver Green
- 'The Creatures Without Fur' voice of Mr Smith Michael Glover
- 'The Creatures Without Fur' voice of Smith's daughter Maya Kim Holland
- 'The Creatures Without Fur' voice of the reporter Cook Marc Diraison
- 'The Creatures Without Fur' voice of chef de cuisine Ben Howard
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Reinhard Klooss
- Directed by Holger Tappe
Rights
Production
- A Constantin Film production Constantin Film
- In association with Ambient Entertainment
- In association with White Horse Pictures
- Supported by DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds
- Supported by NordMedia Fonds GmbH in Niedersachen and Bremen
- Supported by Land Niedersachsen/nbank
- Supported by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
- Supported by FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt
- World Sales Timeless Films
- Executive Producer Martin Moszkowicz
- Producer Reinhard Klooss
- Producer Holger Tappe
- Associate Producer Ralph Kamp
- Associate Producer Eckhart Schmidt
- Production Executive Bernhard Thür
- Executive Production Manager Sebastian Riemen
- Production Management Bernd Bohnert
- Accountant Ambient Entertainment Hedel Jaworski
- Accountant Ambient Entertainment Marianne Falke
- Head of Post-production Constantin Film Joseph Reidinger
- Post-production Manager Nicholas Goodwin
Writing
- Screenplay Oliver Huzly
- Screenplay Reinhard Klooss
- Additional Screenplay Material Sven Severin
- Inspired by the children's novel 'Die Konferenz der Tiere'/'The Animals' Conference' by Erich Kästner
- Script Consultant Stefan Wood
Special Effects
- Motion Capturing Matthias Reimschüssel
- Motion Capturing Florian Linner
- VFX & Fluids Technical Director Timo Schnitt
- Visual Effects Henning Baumeister
- Visual Effects Konstantin Hubmann
- Visual Effects Tim Völcker
- Compositing Supervisor Stefan Puschendorf
- Compositing Technical Director Tino Waschke
- Compositing Technical Director Kristian Plattner
Animation
- Animation Supervisor Benedikt Niemann
- Animation Supervisor Nicolai Tuma
- Supervising Creative Technical Director Haggi Flöser-krey
- Animator Henning Baumeister
- Animator Gerhard Brammer
- Animator Arno Franzl
- Animator Michael Glans
- Animator Felix Graf
- Animator Ivo Grigull
- Animator Patrick Heumann
- Animator Ellen Hoffmann
- Animator Konstantin Hubmann
- Animator Stefan Klauss
- Animator Martin Moch
- Animator Matthias Reimschüssel
- Animator Carsten Seller
- Animator Jörg Volk
- Animator Thomas Voss
- Animator Lucas Wendler
- Action Camera Animation Henning Baumeister
- Lighting Supervisor Guillaume Wyatt
- Lighting Lead Technical Director Nico Rehberg
- Lighting Technical Director Manuel Dongowski
- Lighting Technical Director Volker Willmann
- Lighting Dennis Beckstein
- Lighting Arno Franzl
- Lighting Sabri Badri
- Lighting Tino Röger
- Lighting David Scherr
- Lighting André Schneider
- Cloth Technical Director Ralf Hietel
- Hair Department Supervisor Gildas Gerdes
- Texturing Supervisor Character Texturing Marek Binieda
- Supervisor Prop & Set Texturing Kristian Plattner
- Stereoscopic Supervisor Clemens Kinder
Editing
- Editor Alexander Dittner
- Production Editor Nicolai Tuma
- Layout Editor Fabian Müller
- Layout Editor Ralf Hietel
Design
- Production Design Henning Ahlers
- Additional Production Design Michael Korb
- Character Design Oliver Kurth
- Character Design Peter Oedekoven
- Additional Character Design Hakan Akögretmen
- Additional Character Design Sven Kroog
- Additional Character Design Uwe Heidschötter
- Additional Character Design Alexander Lozano
- Character Design Realisation Uwe Heidschötter
- Character Design Realisation Oliver Kurth
- Character Development & Setup Supervisor Jens Harter
- Character Setup Patrick Heumann
- Character Setup Florian Linner
- Character Modelling & Facial Setup Supervisor Sven Kroog
- Character & Facial Modelling Hakan Akögretmen
- Character & Facial Modelling Marcus Boos
- Character & Facial Modelling David Scherr
- Prop & Set Modelling Supervisor André Schneider
- Modelling Mathias Gerlach
- Modelling Marian Sander
- Modelling Sven Kroog
- Modelling David Scherr
- Conceptual Illustrations Saskia Gutekunst
- Storyboard Jens Benecke
- Storyboard Boris Kiselicki
- Storyboard Alexander Lozano
- Storyboard Michael Mantel
- Storyboard Peter Oedekoven
Music
- Music by David Newman
- Additional Music, Temp Track & Sound Design Nils Rademacher
- Orchestra The Berlin Score Orchestra
- Conductor David Newman
- Orchestration Gregory Jamrok
- Music Supervisor Christoph Becker
- Music Supervisor Pia Hoffmann
- Music Consultant Oliver Huzly
Sound
- Sound Design Stefan Busch
- Re-recording Mixer Michael Kranz
- Re-recording Mixer Benjamin Rosenkind
- ADR Director Louis Elman
- ADR Director Harry Schnitzler
Publicity
- Making Of Stephanie Dresbach
- Camera Operator Botswana Mario Haas