- The Three Robbers
The Three Robbers is a children's book by
Tomi Ungerer .This book was adapted as a full length feature film by Hayo Freitag, released in mid-2007. There was also a 6-minute version released in 1972 byGene Deitch .Plot
The three robbers are very successful in their
exploit s, but one day there is notreasure in the carriage they have stopped. There is only a lonely girl named Tiffany on her way to live with a wicked aunt, so the robbers carry Tiffany off to their hideout.When Tiffany sees all of the
treasure the robbers have collected, she asks what it is for, and the robbers have no answer. Later the robbers decide to open an orphanage with their wealth and all uncaredchildren go to live there.In October of 2008 Phaidon Press Inc. will release an English language edition of the book.
Characters
*Tiffany
*Robber (has a pepper-blower to stophorse s and theirpassenger s).
*Robber (has a huge redaxe to chop thecarriage wheel s).
*Robber (has ablunderbuss to threaten thepassenger s).Awards
* Received 2nd prize for Animated Feature Film or Video in the Adult Jury Prizes at the
Chicago International Children's Film Festival in2007 . [cite web
url= http://cicff2007.org/content/awards/39
accessdate= 2007-12-13
title= Awards
publisher= Chicago International Children's Film Festival]References
External links
* [http://www.x-verleih.de/x-verleih/trailer.jsp?movieid=64&trailerid=83 Trailer]
* [http://www.dreiraeuber-derfilm.de/ Movie homepage] (in German)
* http://www.german-films.de/app/filmarchive/film_view.php?film_id=1596
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* [http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/catalog/product.asp?cid=172&fid=3 The Three Robbers] at Scholastic.com
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