TJE 7/28 - Momo (1986)

"Momo," by Michael Ende, was one of my favorite books as a kid. I didn't realize that a film version existed until a few years ago, when I stumbled across a trailer on Youtube. A co-production of German and Italian studios, with an international cast, the 1986 fantasy film never penetrated the American market. An English language version was prepared, however, along with German and Italian ones. It was one of those projects where every actor performed in whatever language they were comfortable with, and the rest were dubbed, so it's not clear which language should be considered the original. I've seen the German and English versions now, and I think it's a perfectly wonderful children's film, no matter what language it's in.
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