The Flying Windmill
7.0
Olli, the main character in the movie, got a very bad grade and is terribly annoyed. She runs away from home and, together with a dog and a horse, finds a (mad? nutty?) scientist in a windmill. They experience the strangest adventures in this windmill and find other interesting characters, a lot of excitement and peril. While you may well interpret something as the "socialist value system" into this movie, it is more meant to be a children's movie, showing the kids that there are more exciting things out there than the ones that your parents and teachers show you, and that you will only find out most of those things on your own, if you show enough curiosity.
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Cast
5 people
Peter Groeger
Professor (voice)
Also in
Anja & Anton
Schatten über Notre Dame
Volkmar Kleinert
Alexander (voice)
Known for
The Lives of Others
Lara
Evelyn Opoczynski
Olli (voice)
Also in
Du und ich und Klein-Paris
Seven Freckles
Käthe Reichel
Susi (voice)
Also in
Daniel Druskat
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Achim Petry
Pinkus (voice)
Also in
Flugstaffel Meinecke
Stalingrad: Film 1
Günter Rätz Director · Günther Feustel Author Helmut May Cinematographer
First release April 9, 1982 · Produced in XG, Germany · Original title Die fliegende Windmühle
Production
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Die fliegende Windmühle
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 9, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
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