A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.
Production
Emma the train — practically built, utterly charming
Costume
Dragon City aesthetic is giving Met Gala for reptiles
Director
Dennis Gansel
Henning Baum
Lukas
Solomon Gordon
Jim Knopf
Annette Frier
Mrs. Waas
Uwe Ochsenknecht
King Alfons
Christoph Maria Herbst
Mr. Ärmel
Milan Peschel
Tur Tur
Rick Kavanian
Wilde 13 / Pirate
Eden Gough
Ping Pong
Leighanne Esperanzate
Li Si
Kao Chenmin
Emperor of Mandala
Ozzie Yue
Pi Pa Po
Volker Michalowski
Mailman
Hon Ping Tang
Guard Lieutenant
Fang Yu
Tall Bonze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Ende hated the 1986 TV adaptation so much he tried to buy back the rights. This 2018 version had his widow's blessing.
The Jim Button books were written in 1960 as direct anti-Nazi allegory — Jim's dark hair and 'foreign' origin were deliberately subverting Aryan ideals.
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