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Animals United is a 2010 German 3D computer animated comedy adventure film directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe. It was released on 7 October 2010 in Germany. The film stars Ralf Schmitz and Thomas Fritsch as a meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socrates in the African Okavango Delta, who go on an epic quest to discover why their river has unexpectedly dried up. It is based on the 1949 book of the same name by Erich Kästner. This is the second adaptation as the first adaptation was a 2D-animated film, which was also the first German animated feature film to be in color that was released in 1969. The screenplay for the film was written by Oliver Huzly and Reinhard Kloos. An English dub version for Animals United stars an ensemble cast, including James Corden, Stephen Fry and Andy Serkis.
Original Release
10/07/2010
US Release
10/07/2010
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Corden | Billy |
Stephen Fry | Socrates |
Andy Serkis | Charles |
Billie Piper | Bonnie |
Dawn French | Angie |
Joanna Lumley | Giselle |
Vanessa Redgrave | Winifred |
Jim Broadbent | Winston |
Jason Donovan | Toby |
Omid Djalili | Bongo |
Directors
Writers
Simon Hauschild, Oliver Huzly, Reinhard Klooss, Erich Kästner, Sven Severin
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Corden | Billy |
Stephen Fry | Socrates |
Andy Serkis | Charles |
Billie Piper | Bonnie |
Dawn French | Angie |
Joanna Lumley | Giselle |
Vanessa Redgrave | Winifred |
Jim Broadbent | Winston |
Jason Donovan | Toby |
Omid Djalili | Bongo |
Sean Schemmel | The Rhinoceros 'Biggie' |
Marc Thompson | The Waterbuffalo Chino |
Jason Griffith | The Chimpanzee 'Toto' |
Mischa Goodman | Billy's son 'Junior' |
Elisabeth Williams | Meerkat 1 |
Jessica Owen | Meerkat 2 |
Erica Schroeder | The Polar Bear 'Sushi' |
Tom Wayland | The Anteater 'Bob' |
Veronica Taylor | Maya / The Mole |
James Carter Cathcart | Vulture 2 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martin Moszkowicz | Executive Producer |
Reinhard Klooss | Producer |
Holger Tappe | Producer |
Eckhart Schmidt | Producer |
Bernhard Thür | Producer |