Felidae (1994)

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 82m
Length: 2318 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby SR

DIRECTION

Director: Michael Schaack

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: 1994 Senator Film/Trickompany/Fontana
Production Companies: Fontana Filmproduktion/Senator Film Produktion/TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion
Executive Producer: Michael Schaack
Producer: Hanno Huth
Line Producers: Stefaan Schieder, Jo Hahn
Production Manager: Sascha Wolff

SCRIPT
Script: Martin Kluger, Akif Pirinçci
Novel: Akif Pirinçci

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Bernie Denk
Assistant Animator: Katja Klein
Character Designer: Paul Bolger
Layout Designer: Armen Melkonian
Technical Director: Thorsten Lehmann

A-Film
Animation: A-Film
Animation Supervisor: Michael Hegner
Animators: Janus Sorgenfrey Pedersen, Jens Leganger Larsen, Rune Brandt, Ando Tammik, Hans Perk, Ilan Hatukah, Jesper Møller, Johnny Zeuthen, Jørgen Lerdam, Karin Nilsson, Meelis Arulepp, Thomas Fenger
Assistant Animators: Russel Ladewig, Irene Sparre Hjorthøj, Helle Hansen

Azadart
Animation: Azadart
Animation Services: Rob Koo, Armen Melkonian, Eric Chu, John Yee, Marco Cinello, Martha Oka, Patrice Szewczyk, Peter Wang, Scott Caple

Animationsstudio Ludewig
Animation: Animationsstudio Ludewig, Hamburg
Animation Crew: Gundrun Ludewig, Imge Langner, Karin Wengorz, Kirsten Otte, Maike Bredfeldt, Maike Kühl, Mareike Ludewig, Michaela Schuster, Roland Fink, Simone Lemcke

Dagda Film
Animation: Dagda Film
Animation Supervisor: Paul Bolger
Animators: Douglas Bennett, Greg Tiernan, Len Simon, Phil Morris, Robert Fox
Animation Crew: Clive James Bolger, John Walsh, June M. Scannell, Kirsten Van Schreven-Butler, Noelle J. Quinn, Chris York, Connor Flynn, Darren Power, Eamonn Butler, Gavin Murphy, Jay Ryan, Karen Scanlon, Michael Boylan, Michael Kiely, Niall O'Loughlin, Paul Fogarty, Ray Woods, Robin Gott, Sandra Tiernan, Stephen Reid
Inbetween Artist: Nicola Flynn
Key Clean-up Artist: Richard Smitheman

Hahn Shin Corporation
Animation: Hahn Shin Corporation
Animation Supervisor: Choi Shin-Mok
Animation Crew: Kim Young-Mee. Lee Sang-Yoon, Lee Tack-Meun, An Yong-Nam, Chung Won-Kyung, Chung Yeon-Kwan, Gi Man-Chul, Hwang Ki-Hong, Joe Jin-Ok, Kang Jung-Wha, Kang Sung-Ae, Kim Dae-Young, Kim Ik-Hwan, Kim Ok-Soon, Kim Young-Woo, Park Suk-Young, Son Yong-Sook, Suh Kil-Soo, Yoo Byung-Ro, Yung Yeo-Hack

Animation: Kuenster Bros. Animation

Mediasoft
Animation: Mediasoft, Hamburg
Computer Animators: Moritz Gläsle, Marius Mohnssen-Hinrichs, Udo Sabiniewicz, Mitja Thurau

Natterjack Animation
Animation: Natterjack Animation
Animation Supervisor: Steven Evangelatos
Animators: Jerry Fournier, Alan Best, Daniel LaFrance, Ron Crown
Animation Crew: Bert Denison, Sean Ridgeway, Colleen Holub, Jason Groh

Premier Films
Animation: Premier Films Ltd.
Animation Crew: Dave Birkinshaw, Dino Demosthenos, Joyce Saunders-Diop, Mariam Imani, Paul Gooding, Alan Moss, Angeline de Silva, Caroline Cole, Chloe Mauro, Chris Jones, Colin Hughes, Damian Rimmer, Fiona Revell, Julia Draper, Karen Jones, Kelly Spacey, Lorna Mulligan, Lynn Hollowell, Lyra Riley, Maggie Brown, Nick Yates, Nicola Hopley, Paula Goddard, Peter Hynes, Roger Way, Roz Blockstrom, Sally Burden, Samantha Spacey, Steve Cunningham, Steven Handley, Tonia Thorne
Visual Effects Supervisor: John Cousen
Visual Effects: Graham Bebbington, Lynette Charters, Premier Films: Marie Doran, Mark Naisbitt, Les Newstead, Julie Penman, Jane Smethurst, Jill Sutton, Heather Tailby, Martin Wainsborough

TFC Trickompany
Animation: TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion
Overseas Animation Supervisors: Denis Deegan, Udo Beissel
Assistant Animation Supervisor: Adrienne Bell
Animators: Klaus Dzalakowski. Lubica Medekova. Eckart Fingberg, Hayo Freitag, Holger Leihe, Mark Bröcking, Panagiotis Rappas, Ute von Münchow-Pohl
Assistant Animators: Paulo Rodrigues-Marques, Anja Hiesener, Ansgar Niebuhr, Colum Burke, Dag Hornig, Florian Wagner, Kieran Dowling, Peter Bohl, Robin Müller, Susanne Wendland, Tom Elmes, Ursula Don, Volker Krafzel
Animation Checkers: Eimear Joyce, Lee Hill
Background Artist: Petra Kolitsch
Layout Director: Mark Marren
Layout Artists: Tobias Genkel, Christian Puille, Kevin Spill, Markus Wagenführ, Matthias Lechner, Maurice Joyce, Volker Collmann
Colour Designer: Sabine Leiber
Paint and Trace Artists: Jens Neilsen, Claudia Reinhardt, Dagmar Weisbach, Dirk Bertram, Dörte Dahm, Ina Wudtke, Ira Zamjatnins, Jean Jalbert, Julia Weisbach, Kerstin David, Michelle Davis, Renate Nikolaus, Sigrun Kortas
Line Tester: Fernando Figoli
Visual Effects: Fran Doyle, Anthony Power, Gary Sole

Uli Meyer Studios
Animation: Uli Meyer Animation
Animators: Dan Sumich, Neil Bushnell, Dean Roberts, Gary Dunn
Animation Crew: Kim Torpey, Michele Craig, Tim Massa

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Veit Vollmer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera Operators: Anatole Livera, Werner Loss

Hahn Shin Corporation
Camera Operator: Hwang Young-Yeon

Animationsstudio Ludewig
Camera Operator: Ernst Hammes

Premier Films
Camera Supervisor: John Leatherbarrow

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Thorsten Andersen, Sylvia Genzmer, Monika Negt, Michael Thaler
Leica Reel Editor: Diego Guza
Post-production: Klaus Basler
Negative Cutters: Hanna Haase, Thomas U. Windheim
Film Transfers: MAZ & Movie, Hans Fink
Laboratory: Bavaria Kopierwerk GmbH, Germany

MUSIC
Music/Orchestrator/Conductor: Anne Dudley
Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright
Music Consultants: Michael Bentele, George Naschke
Music Recording Engineer: Mike Ross-Trevor
Music Recorded at: Whitfield Street Studios

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Felidae"
Written by Boy George and John Themis
Produced by John Themis
Sung by Boy George
Thanks to Tony Gordon, Wedge Music
Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Published by EMI Music Publishing

"Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'"
By Gustav Mahler
Performed by Polish NISO - Antoni Witt
on Naxos CD I. 550523-24

SOUND
Sound Post-production and Final Mix: Solid Sound; Peter R. Adam, Hubert Bartholomae, Andreas Musolff, Joern Poetzl
Voice Dubbing Unit Manager: Karla Fall
Dialogue Director: Angelika Schaack
Voice Dub Studios: Bavaria Musik-Studios; Loft Ton Studios GmbH

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles: Bavaria Trick, Rudolf Roemmelt

DESIGN
Art Director: Desmond Downes

OTHER CREW
Production Controller: Ulfo Münster
Production Accountants: Karin Brandt, Anne-Sophie Gacon, Eric Helms
Production Assistants: Brigitte Jopp, Bruno Rauscher, Uli Zumsande
Runners: Daniel Matejic, Denis Pabst
Publicist: Ilona Hüttersen

CASTING
Voice Casting: Lore Eberhard

VOICES

Ulrich Tukur (Francis)
Mario Adorf (Blaubart)
Helge Schneider (Jesaja)
Wolfgang Hess (Kong)
Gerhard Garbers (Pretorius)
Ulrich Wildgruber (Joker)
Mona Seefried (Felicitas)
Manfred Steffen (Gustav)
Uwe Ochsenknecht (Archie)
Michaela Amler (Nhozemphtekh)
Christian Schneller (Mendel)
Tobias Lelle (Hermann 1)
Frank Röth (Hermann 2)
Alexandra Ludwig-Hahn (Pepeline)
Klaus Maria Brandauer (Pascal/Claudandus)

PLOT SUMMARY

Francis the cat investigates a series of murders.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: América Vídeo

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Senator Film (1994)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Sociedad Kino Visión (1996)

Switzerland
Theatrical Distributors: Focus Film AG (1995)

USA
Video Distributors: Video Search of Miami (2001)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 12

Spain
Rating: 13

TIMELINE

1994
November
3: Germany - theatrical release

1995
January
20: Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release

1996
August
29: Spain - theatrical release

KEYWORDS

animals, animation, anthropomorphism, cats, decapitations, detectives, disembowelment, disfigurement, films based on books, Hell, psychopaths, skeletons, surrealism

Last Updated: 8 January, 2010