The Abrafaxe and the pirates of the Caribbean / Abrafaxe - A Crack in Time
The Abrafaxe and the pirates of the Caribbean (Die Abrafaxe - Unter schwarzer Flagge in the German original) is an 81-minute German animated film, directed by Gerhard Hahn and Tony Power. It was made in 2001 and is based on the popular and long-running German comic series Die Abrafaxe by Lona Rietschel and Lothar Dräger.
In Italy it was broadcast in 2003 at 21,05 on Italy 1 with the title "Abrafaxe - A walk in time"
The history of Abrafaxe
The Abrafaxe, a trio made up of kids Abrax, Brabax e California they can travel in time thanks to a mysterious golden bowl. During one of their adventures, they find themselves in the XNUMXth century Caribbean, on an island manned by terrible pirates.
Here they will have to face the Captain Blackbeard who wants to take possession of the gold cargo of a ship. The Abrafaxe will succeed, with the help of the queen of corsairs Anne Bonnie to smash the plans of the ruthless pirates? The film boasts excellent animation and is full of exciting and adventurous scenes. Brabax he is the red-haired boy, true leader of the group as he is endowed with a remarkable culture and I want to know, this leads him to find the right solution in moments of danger.
California he is the little boy with the black tuft who always thinks about eating and avoiding trouble. Abrax on the other hand, he is instinctive and courageous and prefers to solve problems with a blow. The Abrafaxe are characters taken from the comic "Die Abrafaxe" of the German magazine Mosaik published for the first time in 1976. Their adventures aimed mainly at children, are born as a didactic function, in order to teach history in a fun way, with precise documentation and accurate
The video trailer of Abrafaxe
Production
The Abrafaxe and the pirates of the Caribbean is the first film featuring characters from one of Germany's most famous comics. The first attempts to make a film or TV series about this comic always failed very soon.
In addition to a German version, an English version was also created for the international market. Internationally, the film gained a fairly wide distribution, especially in Eastern Europe and Asia, the film was successfully sold.
The German film and media rating FBW of Wiesbaden gave the film a great value.
The screenplay is by Julius Grützke, Thomas Platt. The film was produced by Gerhard Hahn and Klaus D. Schleiter, while the production companies are Abrafaxe Trickfilm AG, Hahn Film AG, Universal Pictures.
The music of the soundtrack of the film is by Harry Schnitzler.
Italian voice actors and characters of Abrafaxe
David Garbolino: Abrax
Jacopo Sarno: Brabax
Irene Scalzo: California
Paola Della Easter: Anne Bonnie
Claudio Moneta: Blackbeard
Richard Peroni: Don Archibald
Daniel Demma: Prado
Henry Bertorelli: Shanty
Peter Ubaldi: Carlos
Stefano Albertini: Juan
Silvana Fantini: director of the museum
