The moon gets a midlife crisis and books a one-way ticket to Earth.
Based on the classic picture-book by Tomi Ungerer this award-winning live-action fairy-tale tells the story of the Man in the moon's voyage to earth.
Production
Tomi Ungerer's art brought to tactile, melancholic life.
Costume
Mondmann's papier-mâché head is pure uncanny magic.
Director
Fritz Böhm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomi Ungerer was a Holocaust survivor whose children's books often carried dark political undertones; this adaptation honors that tension between innocence and dread.
The 29-minute runtime made it ineligible for most feature awards, trapping it in festival purgatory despite winning the German Film Award for Best Children's Film.
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