Grisella – Freundschaft ist das größte Abenteuer der Welt
Synopsis
A sentimental animated short about the donkey Grisella and the orphan boy Tino. The story explores loneliness, grief and the meaning of friendship.
Adapted from the 1955 children's book *Grisella the Donkey* by H.-Maria Denneborg (Cecilia-Dressler). The book was previously filmed for ARD in 1960 and released as a Random House audiobook in 2006; the 2011 Pixable adaptation is the first animated version.
Pixable Role
Producer · IP holder
Scope of Work
**First own production** by Pixable Studios. Frank Lenhard and Tino Barth co-directed and co-produced; Frank also handled editing/layout and shared animation direction with Andrea Simonti.
Production Partners
Pixable Studios, Grisella Productions
Director
Frank Lenhard, Tino Barth
Writers
Doris Riedl · Tino Barth · Heiko Martens
Producer
Frank Lenhard, Tino Barth, Co Producer Dr. Torsten Poeck
Key Crew
Music Sami Hammi
Song "Don't You See" — written by | Hendrik "Left" Löffler
Lyrics | Stefan Johansson and Left
Performed by | Stefan und Katharina Johansson and Left
Song copyright | © 2011 LSD-Records
Cast
Mirja Boes · Carolin Kebekus · Serdar Somuncu · Alexander Pensel · Hendrik "Left" Löffler · Matthias Henkel
Budget
250.000
Funding
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM); Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen (KdFS); Sächsische Landesmedienanstalt (SLM); - Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden - C2MD Treuhand GmbH - Carsten Winkler · Maik Glauch · Ludwig Busse · Dirk Stubbe · Siegfried Jehle
Awards & Festivals
animago AWARDS 2011 — Nominee, Best Post Production
Production Notes
The original book was filmed for ARD in 1960; an audiobook was released by Random House in 2006.; Listed as own production animated short film “Grisella”.
