Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian
Directed by	Piet De Rycker Thilo Rothkirch
Produced by	Maya Gräfin Rothkirch Thilo Rothkirch
Written by	Piet De Rycker Rolf Giesen
Story by	Klaus Baumgart
Studio(s)	Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany Rothkirch Cartoon Film 3D Animagics Entertainment MaBo Filmproduktion MaBo Investition Torus GmbH
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Release date(s)	September 20, 2009 (Hamburg) September 24, 2009 (Germany/Austria)
Running time	75 minutes
Language	German
Preceded by	Laura's Christmas Star

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian (German: Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian) is a 2009 German animated film produced by Rothkirch Cartoon Film and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (under the Family Entertainment banner). It was released in Germany on September 20, 2009 in Hamburg and on September 24, 2009 for wide release.

Plot

The plot of the film is based on the characters in the children's book series Lauras Stern by Klaus Baumgart. It is the second feature film about little Laura and her star. This time the action takes place in China.

Laura is traveling to China with her family because her mother will be giving a very important concert on the Chinese New Year together with Chinese musicians on her cello. The star and some cuddly toys accompany Laura and her brother on the journey. At the airport, however, the star fears detection by baggage control and decides to follow the plane. The star gets caught in a mysterious black cloud, crashes and is found by the Chinese girl Ling-Ling and taken to the Chinese big city.

A flying robotic cat transports the star and girl Ling-Ling into the concert hall, where the star brings to life a dragon costume using stardust. This dragon Nian likes to eat New Year's cookies and can fly. On night flights, the girls explore a reddish-gold shimmering Beijing with their unusual flying devices - one by star, the other on their kite. A black cloud threatens to turn the friendly dragon Nian into a nasty dragon and darken the entire world. In the end, the glow of Laura's star and the New Year's fireworks that set in ensure that the dark shadow can be driven away.

Voice cast

• Annabel Wolf: Laura
• Mariann Schneider: Ling-Ling
• Dirk Bach: Drache Nian
• Sandro Iannotta: Tommy
• Heinrich Schafmeister: Laura's father
• Brit Gülland: Laura's mother
• Susanne Dobrusskin: Tante
• Heiko Obermöller: Zimmerservice
• Philipp Schepmann: Führer
• Katja Liebing: Garderobiere
• Mirja Regensburg: Garderobiere
• Emmanuel Zimmermann: Pilot
• Hans Bayer: Dirigent
• Ricardo Rausch: Junge

Gallery

External Links

• Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian at the Internet Movie Database

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Films Animated: Tobias Totz and his Lion (1999) • The Little Polar Bear (2001) • The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger (2002; Direct-to-video) • The Little Polar Bear: The Dream of Flying (2003; Direct-to-video) • The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue (2003; Direct-to-video) • The Little Polar Bear: A Visitor from the South Pole (2004; Direct-to-video) • Laura's Star (2004) • The Little Polar Bear: The Mysterious Island (2005) • The Trip to Panama (2006) • Laura's Christmas Star (2006; Television film) • Little Dodo (2008) • Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian (2009) • Laura's Star and the Dream Monster (2011) • Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick (2013) Live-action: Laura's Star (2021) Television The Little Polar Bear (2002-2003) • Little Dodo (2007) Characters Tobias Totz and his Lion: The Little Polar Bear: Lars • Greta • Lena • Laura's Star: Laura • Tommy • Laura's mother • Laura's Father • Max • Harry • Star Little Dodo: Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick: Locations Objects Transports See also Two Times Lotte (2007) • Big Bag (1996-1998) • Monster Family (2017) • Monster Family 2 (2021)

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