Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.
Production
Roman amphitheater set feels magically lived-in and real
Practical Effects
Gray Men costumes are genuinely unsettling without CGI
Acting
Radost Bokel carries the whole film with pure presence
Director
Johannes Schaaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Ende hated this adaptation so much he tried to buy back the rights to prevent its release, calling it a 'complete misinterpretation' of his novel.
The Gray Men predate modern 'hustle culture' critiques by decades — Ende wrote this in 1973 watching West Germany's economic miracle consume its citizens.
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