Wendy - Der Film

Jan 26, 2017

1h 31m

★ 6.8

Overview

Twelve-year-old Wendy is not at all happy that she has to spend her summer vacation with her parents at her grandma Herta's run-down riding stables. Wendy has been afraid of horses ever since a riding accident. But then she meets the pretty mare Dixie, who has run away from the butcher. Slowly, a deep friendship develops between the horse and the girl, and while Wendy does everything she can to save Dixie, she also manages to overcome her fear.

Genres

Family

Adventure

Production Companies

Sony Pictures Entertainment Deutschland

Bantry Bay Productions

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Cast

Wendy

Jule Hermann

Gunnar

Benjamin Sadler

Heike

Jasmin Gerat

Oma Herta

Maren Kroymann

Ulrike Immhof

Nadeshda Brennicke

Metzger Röttgers

Waldemar Kobus

Vanessa

Henriette Morawe

Tom

Julius Hotz

Bianca

Lea Eileen Stönner

Merle

Claire Wegener

Lara

Lilli Lacher

Mücke

Lorenzo Germeno

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