The Son of the Stars[1] (original Romanian title: Fiul stelelor) is a 1988 Romanian science fiction animation film directed and written by Mircea Toia.[2][3] The screenplay is inspired by the novel The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling.[4] The Son of the Stars combines elements of science fiction with elements from fairy tales, being made with a small team and a low budget.[5]
| The Son of the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mircea Toia, Călin Cazan, Dan Chisovsky |
| Written by | Mircea Toia |
| Produced by | Silvia Florescu |
| Starring | Ion Caramitru, Virgil Ogășanu, Mircea Albulescu, Mirela Gorea, Ovidiu Schumacher, Marcel Iureș |
| Cinematography | Roxana Mihalcea |
| Music by | Ștefan Elefteriu |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Româniafilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Romania |
| Language | Romanian |
Plot
editThe story takes place in the distant future (around the year 6470) and follows the adventures of a little boy, born on a spaceship, who is separated from his parents on the way back to Earth.
Cast
edit- Mihai Cafrița (voice) — Dan
- Ion Caramitru (voice) — Narrator
- Virgil Ogășanu (voice) — Alex, Dan's father
- Mircea Albulescu (voice) — Van Kleef
- Mirela Gorea (voice) — Roxana, Dan's mother
- Ovidiu Schumacher (voice) — Nod
- Marcel Iureș (voice) — BOB, a supercomputer
- Alexandrina Halic (voice) — Bu
- Valeria Ogășanu (voice) — Dan in childhood
- Mihai Niculescu (voice) — Knight
- Constantin Diplan (voice) — Skyl
- Ștefan Sileanu (voice) — No
References
edit- ^ Debbie Diamond Sarto, Restored 1987 Romanian Animated Sci-fi 'The Son of The Stars' Coming to Blu-Ray, awn.com, February 7, 2023
- ^ Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Călătorie în lumea animației românești, Editura Meridiane, București, 1997, p. 51. ISBN 973-33-0365-8
- ^ ***, „Neu in unseren Kinos: «Der Sohn der Sterne (Fiul stelelor)»”, în Neuer Weg, București, anul XL, nr. 12.253, sâmbătă 22 octombrie 1988, p. 4.
- ^ Elena Vlădăreanu, Călin Cazan (13 martie 2023), „O animație românească science-fiction din 1987, «Fiul Stelelor», lansată pe BluRay în copie restaurată 4K (interviu audio în cadrul emisiunii „Scena și ecranul", 15:28 min.)” Radio România Cultural
- ^ Andrea Virginás, Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema History, Theory, and Reception, Lexington Books, Lanham, 2021, pp. 61–62