Summary
The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 58
Audience score62%
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings2.9/5
IMDb5.6
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for family movies
typical 9592Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2013
September 26, 2013
13 years ago
Genres
FamilyFantasyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
- Switzerland
and 12 more15 people
- Uwe OchsenknechtBürgermeister Torsten Torstenson
- Herbert KnaupUhrmachermeister Zifferle
- Jonas HoldenriederKarl
- Emily KuscheMarie
- Bettina StuckyLehrerin Thalmeyer
- Sandra BorgmannKarls Mutter
- Stephan KampwirthKarls Vater
- Aljoscha StadelmannPolizei-Hauptmann
Nico HartungHannes
Stefan MerkiHauptbrandmeister
Aykut KayacıkBurgverwalter
Till Valentin WinterRudolf
Judith RosmairGräfin
Jaymes ButlerPostbote
Samuel SadovnikGhost
Directing · 1
- Alain Gsponer Director
Writing · 2
- Martin Ritzenhoff Screenplay
- Otfried Preußler Novel
Production · 9
- Dagmar Ungureit Executive Producer
- Ulrike Putz Producer
- Jakob Claussen Producer
- Daniela Tolkien Casting
- Lukas Hobi Co-Producer
- Reto Schärli Co-Producer
Editing · 1
- Michael Schaerer Editor
Sound · 1
- Niki Reiser Music
Art · 2
- Eva Stiebler Production Design
- Lutz Lemke Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Anke Winckler Costume Design
Visual Effects · 9
- Nils Engler Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vivien Guiraud Animation
- Lucas Wendler Animation
- Norbert Kiehne Animation Director
- Claudia Kleinheinz Animation
- Alexa-Mueller Heyn Animation
Other crew · 4
- Antje Rau Stunt Coordinator
- Matthias Fleischer Cinematography
- Bernhard Schirmer Stunts
- Jan Böhme Stunts
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