The Fearless Four

Original title: Die furchtlosen Vier

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Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Musical

The popular children's tale about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who are on their way to the slaughterhouse when they get a lucky break and escape.The popular children's tale about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who are on their way to the slaughterhouse when they get a lucky break and escape.The popular children's tale about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who are on their way to the slaughterhouse when they get a lucky break and escape.

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IMDb RATING

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Mario Adorf

Fred, der Esel
(voice)

Hartmut Engler

Buster, der Hund
(singing voice)

Bernd Schramm

Buster, der Hund
(voice)

Sandra Schwarzhaupt

Gwendolyn, die Katze
(voice)

Joachim Kemmer

Tortellini, der Hahn
(voice)

Katharina Thalbach

Die böse Erbin
(voice)

Peer Augustinski

Dr. Gier
(voice)

Frank Zander

Powertool
(voice)

Hans-Werner Bussinger

Platini
(voice)

Tobias Meister

Manager
(voice)

Ranja Helmy

Mozar, die Maus
(voice)

Tom Deininger

Müller
(voice)

Michael Walke

Ackermann
(voice)

Dagmar Altrichter

Samantha, die Eule
(voice)

Uwe Paulsen

Schlange
(voice)

Klaus Sonnenschein

Baron
(voice)

Lutz Riedel

Präparator
(voice)

Georg Tryphon

Erbe
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
The story of the movie was very loosely inspired by the folk tale of the Town Musicians of Bremen by Brothers Grimm.

Quotes
[quote from English version]
Gwendolen: [singing] You left today, without a goodbye, big girls never cry.
Background singer: [singing] Big girls never cry.
Gwendolen: [singing] Out of the blue, wait and tell me where and why, big girls never cry.
Background singer: [singing] Big girls never cry.

Alternate versions
Produced in a German and an English language version with a different voice-over cast.

Connections
Featured in Media Hunter: The Fearless Four (2011)

Soundtracks
Life is One Long Rainy Day
("Leben Im Regen")
Music by Péter Wolf (uncredited)
English lyrics by Ina Wolf (uncredited)
German lyrics by Andreas Hommelsheim (uncredited)
Lead vocals by B.B. King (English version); Mario Adorf (German version)
Background vocals by Kevin Dorsey (English version); Hanno Bruhn, Denise Gorzelanny (as Denise Gorzelanny-Forsberg), Ralf Vornberger, Achim Götz, and Henrik Ilgner (as Hendrik Illgner) (German version)
Lead Guitars - Acoustic and Electric: B.B. King and Jeff Richman
Pianos and Bass: Péter Wolf (as Peter Wolf)
Drums: John Cushon

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Featured review

9/10

My second favourite cartoon film!

My review for the English translation: "The Fearless Four".

Genre: Animated film with talking animals based on "The Musicians Of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm.

I absolutely adore this film! It has lovely characters, a good story and the songs are well- written.

In this film, four animals meet each other when they escape from their miserable lives and they all love ... music! They are Buster the dog (his songs are done by James Ingrams, Buster sings really well!), Fred the donkey (his singing voice is B. B. King, good voice as well), Gwendolen the cat (she's my favourite and Oleta Adams does SO well with her voice) and Tortillini the cockerel (Zucchero does his singing voice - good too).

I love this film for five main reasons.

Reason 1: the songs in this are well-sung and well-written. Reason 2: the characters are lovely, my favourite is Gwendolen the cat (I even like the baddies, but not as much as the goodies). Reason 3: The animation is beautiful, the drawings and the backgrounds. Reason 4: There is an important message in this film. DO NOT TREAT ANIMALS CRUELLY!!! Reason 5: The plot and storyline are well-done, unlike many, many cartoon films' plots.

Oh, and one more thing. Could anyone tell me why this film is so hard to get in English??!! Just a question, because I wasn't able to get this movie on video for about five years.

So, watch it when you can, you won't be disappointed!