Summary
Eleven-year-old Philipp, known as Lippel, travels from Passau in Bavaria to the Orient without a flying carpet: because his father, the posh chef Otto Mattenheim, is on a business trip, the new housekeeper Mrs. Jakob looks after Lippel.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 60GoodWatch 60
Letterboxd · 220 ratings3.2/5
IMDb5.6
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for sci-fi movies
typical 99101Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 2 countries
Released
2009
October 7, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
Science FictionFamilyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
and 5 more10 people
- Moritz BleibtreuKönig / Otto Mattenheim
- Karl Alexander SeidelPhilipp 'Lippel' Mattenheim
- ACAmrita CheemaHamide
- SDSteve-Marvin DwumahArslan
- Anke EngelkeFrau Jakob / Böse Tante
- Christiane PaulSerafina / Wirtstochter
- Marius WeingartenHermann / Wirtssohn
- Uwe OchsenknechtKonrektor Färber / Herbergswirt
- Edgar SelgeHerr Schmiedle
- Eva MattesFrau Hofstetter
Directing · 1
- Lars Büchel Director
Writing · 2
- Ulrich Limmer Screenplay
- Paul Maar Novel
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