The Little Vampire 3D

2017 1h 23m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 174

ComedyAnimationFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!), encounters trouble when his clan is threatened by a dangerously obsessed hunter. Fate brings these two boys together, as Tony & Rudolph set off an action-packed battle to stop the villain, save Rudolph's family and learn the power of friendship.

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Cast

Rasmus Hardiker
Rudolph Sackville-Bagg / Gregory Sackville-Bagg (voice)
Amy Saville
Tony Thompson (voice)
Jim Carter
Rookery (voice)
Joseph Kloska
Maney (voice)
Phoebe Givron-Taylor
Anna Sackville-Bagg (voice)
Tim Pigott-Smith
Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice)
Alice Krige
Freda Sackville-Bagg (voice)
Julia Rhodes
Dottie Thomson (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Claus
Writers: Larry Wilson, Richard Claus
Languages: German, Mandarin, English, Dutch
Countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, Mandarin, English, Dutch.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Claus, shot by Niels Grønlykke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vidjay Beerepoot. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Job ter Burg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Rasmus Hardiker and Amy Saville and Jim Carter carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Claus directs. Niels Grønlykke behind the camera. Vidjay Beerepoot scores. Job ter Burg cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark. Dialogue in German, Mandarin, English, Dutch.

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Things worth knowing

183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, Mandarin, English, Dutch.
4International production across 4 countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark.
5Directed by Richard Claus, shot by Niels Grønlykke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Vidjay Beerepoot. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Job ter Burg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Rasmus Hardiker and Amy Saville and Jim Carter carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt4729560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Niels Grønlykke
Original score: Vidjay Beerepoot
Editing: Job ter Burg
Production design: Edwin Rhemrev
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Little Vampire 3D (2017)

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Kamurai2020-08-03
★ 3/10
Awful watch, won't watch and can't recommend, even for younger audiences. The best thing about this movie is how awful the villain is, it's like if Van Helsing was a jerk and vampires were all nice. The sister is at least interesting, wrestling between cultures, but that is immediately trumped by child vampires. One of the most horrific versions of vampires is trapping someone in a 13 year old body for centuries, and they play it off as a laugh, as if he is 13. In some versions, vampires are biological enough that they birth, giving a "pure" blood line ("Blade"), or can mate with humans under the right conditions, but either that is a Dampir or a human. It is VERY unclear what is happening here so I'm left with this clan regularly indoctrinates children into their vampire society to mimic human culture. Then we have species jumping, where an animal gets infected (watch "Bunnicula" for a better version). And then we have the dual homo erotic adventures, and I'm not even against it, but it is weirder than "Top Gun", at least it made sense those two were into each other. But the mortal is clearly into the vampire boy, and they write in the crush on the girl to normalize him to the audience, but it looks more like he's into both. And the poor ginger guy, his boyfriend wakes him up in the middle of the night to go on this adventure and doesn't appreciate him the whole time. This is clearly made by people that had a lot of money to make it well, and had a clear list of demands. It was given to a writer than saw it was garbage and clearly beneath him and decided to show the producers what they did. So, because he was good enough to, made this horrible thing he was asked to do, but in the least acceptable way that would be accepted and still be good enough not to sink his career. And I'm sure it still got noted to death. Just steer away from this one. Vampires shouldn't be lovable characters in the same way humans are, they can stand on their own. Bring back powerful blood drinking characters.

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