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Film / 2018
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Directed by
Dennis Gansel
A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.
The story
A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.
In the same saga
Jim Button Collection
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Jim Button and the Wild 13
Cast
Henning BaumLukas
Solomon GordonJim Knopf
Annette FrierMrs. Waas
Uwe OchsenknechtKing Alfons
Christoph Maria HerbstMr. Ärmel
Milan PeschelTur Tur
Rick KavanianWilde 13 / Pirate
Eden GoughPing Pong
Leighanne EsperanzateLi Si
Kao ChenminEmperor of Mandala
Ozzie YuePi Pa Po
Volker MichalowskiMailman
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Alex LiangBig Head
Hon Ping TangGuard Lieutenant
Fang YuTall Bonze
Darryl QuonFat Bonze
Tadashi EndoWise Man #1
Maverick QuekWise Man #2
Andy CheungWise Man #3
Paul Courtenay HyuWise Man #4
Timo HölzlEskimo Boy
Finn-Luka SchmidtJapanese Boy
Zoe StehleNative American Girl
Denu EkanayakaIndian Boy
Ermias NennmannAfrican Boy
Andreas SchretterBavarian Boy
Sophia GobrechtScandinavian Girl
Florin SchiranksiRussian Boy
Prince MayomonaInfant Jim
Oyas MayomonaThree-Year-Old Jim
Michael HerbigNepumuk (voice)
Judy WinterMrs. Mahlzahn (voice)
Finn PosthumusJim Knopf (voice)
Reiner SchöneGrimbart (voice)
Franz HagnPing Pong (voice)
Hedda ErlebachLi Si (voice)
Daniel ZillmannBig Head (voice)
Fred MaireEmperor of Mandela (voice)
Beate GerlachEmma (voice)
Thomas FritschNarrator (voice)
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