Momo (1986)

Name: Momo
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
Released: 1986-07-16
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Leopoldo Trieste, Ninetto Davoli

Momo (1986), directed by Johannes Schaaf, starring Radost Bokel and Mario Adorf.

07/16/1986 BR Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery and Science Fiction 1h 41m

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Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.

Xaver SchwarzenbergerCinematography
Johannes SchaafDirector, Screenplay
Amedeo SalfaEditing
Horst WendlandtProducer

About the film

Momo is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Johannes Schaaf and based on the 1973 novel Momo by Michael Ende. It is about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. The film features the final theatrical role of actor/writer/director John Huston released during his lifetime.

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Synopsis

In the ruins of an amphitheatre just outside an unnamed Italian city lives Momo, a little girl of mysterious origin. She is remarkable in the neighbourhood because she has the extraordinary ability to listen—really listen. By simply being with people and listening to them, she can help them find answers to their problems, make up with each other, and think of fun games.

This pleasant atmosphere is spoiled by the arrival of the Men in Grey. These strange individuals represent the Timesavings Bank and promote the idea of timesaving among the population, time which can be deposited to the Bank and returned to the client later with interest. In reality, the more time people save, the less they have. The time they save is actually lost to them, consumed by the Men in Grey. Momo, however, is a wrench in the plans of the Timesaving Bank thanks to her special personality.

Cast

Radost Bokel as Momo

Leopoldo Trieste as Beppo

Bruno Stori as Gigi

Mario Adorf as Nicola

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Grey Leader

John Huston as Meister Hora

Concetta Russino as Liliana

Sylvester Groth as Agent BLW/553 X

Ninetto Davoli as Nino

Francesco De Rosa as Herr Fusi

Elide Melli as Frau Daria

Michael Ende as Train Passenger

Author involvement

This film was a German-Italian co-production in which original novel writer Michael Ende himself played the role of the passenger in the train who is told the story by Master Hora (John Huston) and writes it down). It appears that Ende, unhappy with how the film based on The Neverending Story did not follow the spirit of the book faithfully enough, requested to be involved more directly in filming Momo.

Reception

The film was the third highest-grossing German film in West Germany for the year with admissions of 2,083,890.

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External links

Momo trailer

Momo at IMDb

Text from Momo (1986 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_(1986_film)

Trivia

It premiered on July 16, 1986, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h41 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosCinecittà Studios, Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft, SACIS, Rialto Film
CountriesGermany, Italy
LanguagesGerman
StatusReleased

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Filming locations

Rome

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Italy

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Xaver Schwarzenberger Cinematography
Johannes Schaaf Director
Amedeo Salfa Editing
Horst Wendlandt Producer
Angelo Branduardi Original music
Johannes Schaaf Screenplay
Marcello Coscia Screenplay
Rosemarie Fendel Screenplay

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What is Momo about?

Momo: Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora,…

Who directed Momo?

Momo was directed by Johannes Schaaf in 1986.

Who stars in Momo?

The cast of Momo includes Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Leopoldo Trieste and Ninetto Davoli.

How long is Momo?

Momo runs for 101 minutes, or 1h41.

What is Momo based on?

Momo is based on Momo.