caligari film
(Film und Fernsehproduktions GmbH)
germany
COMPANY PROFILE
Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH was founded in 1986 by Gabriele M. Walther and is one of the leading independent production companies in Germany.
The company is specialized in family entertainment, TV series with female leads, live action teen shows, sitcom productions and kids animation.
The highlight of 2020 is PAN TAU, a high-end live action series shot in original British language with a British cast.
In 2021 Caligari is back on air with a new studio based multicamera sitcom for ZDF Neo. In earlier years Caligari produced the most successful and longest running German sitcom. Caligari`s animation division is famous for its kids brands like COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON or KNIGHT RUSTY.
The animation brands have been sold worldwide and have won national and international awards.
In addition to its head office in Munich, Caligari Film has subsidiaries in Stuttgart (Traffix Entertainment), Cologne (Caligari Entertainment) and Berlin (Synergy Film); Caligari International (Munich) handles international co-productions and world sales.
Contact
GABRIELE M. WALTHER
Founder / Managing Director
MARCUS HAMANN
Head of Development
SOPHIE WERDIN
Business and Legal Affairs
+49 895 480 950
Gabriele M. Walther
Marcus Hamann
Sophie WERDIN
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
PAN TAU 2020
Genre: Comedy, Family Entertainment
Director: Franziska Meyer Price, Michael Zens
Screenplay: Steven Bawol, Jonathan Evans, Tom Gerhardt, Marcus Hamann, Shelley Hoffmann, Robert Pincombe, Mark Slater, Gabriele M. Walther
Cast: Matt Edwards, Orlando Seale, Jan Anderson, Megan Richards, Bethany Billy, Matthew Wolf, Connor Catchpole, Hannah Chinn, Natalia St. John Porther, Sean Baker, Jacob Avery, Louis
Swanepoel
Elegant, silent and yet full of fantastic surprises - Pan Tau is no ordinary school mascot. Whenever a child at Westpark School needs help, he steps in with a smile - and incredible alien magic powers. With the ability to make bathtubs fly, or to beam you into your favorite novel, this is the invisible friend that everyone wants. But the real heroes are the girls and boys. Thanks to Pan Tau, they discover their own superpowers: by developing courage, cleverness, self-confidence and friendship, they master every challenge in the end and thus grow beyond themselves.
THE DRAG AND US 2021
Genre: Comedy / Family Entertainment
Director: Franziska Meyer Price
Screenplay: Gabriele M. Walther, Tom Gerhardt, Martin Duffy
Cast: Ralph Kinkel, Paula Paul, Marwin Haas, Frederic Balonier
When Christian moves in with Franzi, a single mother of two boys, challenges and situational comedy are inevitable because he is a drag queen. Christian sees himself more as a woman than a man, Franzi tries to be both father and mother and her two carefree teenage sons want to find out who they are and where their place is in life. This new family unit is a turbulent mixture that makes us laugh and think about identity, acceptance and tolerance.
THE MUSCLETEERS 2021
Genre: Animation/Adventure/Family
Director: Hubert Weiland
Screenplay: Based on the original books by Ute Krause
Living at the harbor docks is tough: a ruthless gang of rats has the harbour under its strict control. Only the Muscleteers dare to stand up to them with magnificent missions and life-saving rescues. The four stay true to their oath: all for one, one for all.