Heiners Filmseiten – The City of Lost Children (en)

The City of Lost Children (La cité des enfants perdus)

German title: Die Stadt der verlorenen Kinder
Spain title: La ciudad de los niños perdidos
Greek title: Η πόλη των χαμένων παιδιών
Russian title: Город потерянных детей
Original title: La cité des enfants perdus

Alternative titles:
La cité des enfants perdus / La ciudad de los niños perdidos / La ciutat dels nens perduts / The City of Lost Children / I poli ton hamenon paidion / Η πολη των χαμενων παιδιων

Fantasy adventure – Spain, France, Germany
Production year: 1994
Movie length: 112 minutes

Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer: Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Cinematograph: Darius Khondji
Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Movie description:

Krank, who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams. One, a former whale hunter who is as strong as a horse, sets forth to search for Denree, his little brother who was kidnaped by Krank’s men. Helped by young Miette, he soon arrives in La Cite des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children).

The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank’s problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman’s little brother is kidnapped, the strongman tracks him down and, with the help of some other eccentric characters, tries to put an end to the evil reign of Krank and his Cyclops army.

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