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Summary
The legendary Elfkins (Heinzelmännchen) of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's malevolent wife 200 years ago. This is the story of their return.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 62
Letterboxd · 438 ratings3.0/5
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than most family movies, −17 min on the typical 95
typical 9578Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 20 countries, rent or buy in 23 more
+10Released
2019
October 8, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
FamilyAnimationComedyFantasyLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishHungarianDutchMade in
Germany
and 7 more18 people
- Jella HaaseHelvi (voice)
- Louis HofmannKipp (voice)
- Elke HeidenreichVendla (voice)
- Leon SeidelButz (voice)
- Detlef BierstedtTheo (voice)
- Rolf BergBruno (voice)
- RBRanja BonalanaHarriet (voice)
- BMBill MockridgeBrimur (voice)
- Marie-Luise MarjanRosa (voice)
- RRRivka RothsteinElfie (English voice)
- LMLiam MockridgeKipp (English voice)
- VBValentin BeinholdBuck (English voice)
- SRSuzanne RitterVendla (English voice)
- Erik HansenTheo (English voice)
- SJSteve JacobBruno (English voice)
- MSMarty SanderHarriet (English voice)
Matthew BurtonBrimur (English voice)
Kristen BushRosa (English voice)
Directing · 1
- Ute von Münchow-Pohl Director
Writing · 1
- Jan Strathmann Screenplay
Production · 4
- Valentin Greulich Executive Producer
- Solveig Langeland Executive Producer
- Sebastian Runschke Executive Producer
- Dirk Beinhold Producer
Editing · 1
- Erik Stappenbeck Editor
Sound · 1
- Alex Komlew Music
Art · 1
- Heiko Hentschel Art Direction
Visual Effects · 2
- Gerlinde Godelmann Character Designer
- Amnon Schwarz Animation Director
Other crew · 5
- Claudio Winter Dramaturgy
- Sebastian Lauer CG Supervisor
- Dunja Bernatzky Executive Visual Effects Producer
- Susanne Biesinger Dramaturgy
- Katharina Wicke Dramaturgy
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- The Elfkins: Baking a Difference (2019)
GoodWatch score 62You're here
- The Super Elfkins (2024)
GoodWatch score 60Film 2
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