The Son of the Stars

1988 film
  • 17 October 1988 (1988-10-17)
Running time
79 minutesCountryRomaniaLanguageRomanian

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]

Plot

The 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

  • 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

  1. ^ Debbie Diamond Sarto, Restored 1987 Romanian Animated Sci-fi 'The Son of The Stars' Coming to Blu-Ray, awn.com, February 7, 2023
  2. ^ Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Călătorie în lumea animației românești, Editura Meridiane, București, 1997, p. 51. ISBN 973-33-0365-8
  3. ^ ***, „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.
  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
  5. ^ Andrea Virginás, Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema History, Theory, and Reception, Lexington Books, Lanham, 2021, pp. 61–62
  • The Son of the Stars at IMDb