Spy Cat
German theatrical release poster
Directed byChristoph Lauenstein
Wolfgang Lauenstein
Written byChristoph Lauenstein
Wolfgang Lauenstein
Produced byJan Bonath
Mark Mertens[1]
Starring
Music byAndreas Radzuweit[2]
Production
companies
Scopas Medien
Grid Animation[3]
Philm CGI
UFA Fiction
Seven Pictures
S Film
Distributed byUniversum Film
Release dates
  • June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) (Annecy)
  • April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18) (Germany)
  • May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) (Belgium)
  • August 13, 2020 (2020-08-13) (DirecTV)
  • September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) (Digital/On Demand)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountriesGermany
Belgium
India
LanguagesEnglish
German
Box office$3,440,104[4]

Spy Cat (German: Marnie's Welt),[1] also known by its German name Marnie's World, is a 2018 animated spy comedy film written and directed by brothers Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein.[5][6] The film was loosely inspired by the German fairy tale Town Musicians of Bremen.[3] The film is about Marnie, a chubby house cat who gets everything she wants, as he becoming a "spy cat".

The film is an international co-production between Germany's Scopas Medien, Belgium's Grid Animation and India's Philm CGI.

Premise

A chubby cat named Marnie, who, dons a bow tie, glasses, and serving a mystery, treated like a princess and getting everything she wants, but Marnie becomes a "spy cat". Along the way, she met her friends, Elvis the dog, Eggbert the rooster, and of course, Anton the zebra who is now a donkey.

Cast

  • Alexandra Neldel as Marnie Sunshine, a pampered, orange cat who becomes a spy. He loves to go out on an adventure and into action with his friends. As a spy, she wears a pair of glasses and a black bow tie.
  • Axel Prahl as Elvis, a chunky brown and white dog and Marnie's sidekick.
  • Erik Borner as Anton, a striped zebra who later became a donkey who lived in Africa.
  • Sylvain Urban as Eggbert, a noisy, white rooster that lays eggs, and he is one of Marnie's heroes.

Release

Spy Cat received its worldwide premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 13 June 2018,[3] before being theatrically released in Portugal on 14 March 2019.[1] It was released in Germany on 18 April 2019 by Universum Film and in Belgium on 1 May 2019, as well.[1] The film had a worldwide gross of $3,440,104,[4] but received generally negative reviews from critics.[7][8]

For its British theatrical release, the film was slightly cut to remove a comical scene of a man urinating against another man accidentally when he's distracted in order to receive a U rating from the British Board of Film Classification. An uncut PG classification was available.[9]

In 2020, an English dubbed version of SpyCat was released with influencer Addison Rae now voicing the character of Marnie.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Spy Cat (Marnie's Welt) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Spy Cat / Marnie's World (Marnie's Welt) at Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 McLean, Thomas J. (22 May 2018) Philm CGI’s Co-Production Feature ‘Marnie’s World’ to Play Annecy. Animation World Network. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 Spy Cat at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Amazon. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Staff (12 December 2019) «SpyCat», acompaña a la agente 00-Cat en su primera misión especial. (in Spanish). LaButaca. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (26 September 2018) Global Screen Close to Selling Out on Spy Cat Movie ‘Marnie’s World’ (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Cath (25 April 2019) Spy Cat review – feline crimefighter not up to scratch. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Petch, Callie (29 April 2019) Spy Cat – Review. Set the Tape. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Spy Cat. British Board of Film Classification – bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2021.


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