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The Little Polar Bear

The Little Polar Bear (German: Der kleine Eisbär) is a franchise about a polar bear cub named Lars who first starred in a number of books written by Dutch author, Hans de Beer.

It later became an animated TV series for BBC TV, Lars, der Kleine Eisbär, in the 1990s. The show proved to be popular in Germany, but its English-dubbed version (titled The Little Polar Bear) had also gained a cult following with UK viewers.

The show was later revived between 2001 and 2003. For its first film, subtitled Der Kinofilm, Warner Bros. and animation studio Rothkirch Cartoon Film bought the rights to adapt the children's books into a feature-length film, released in 2001.

Following the success of the feature, several direct-to-video features were released, one of the new characters included was a tiger cub. In 2005, another film, The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island (German: Der Kleine Eisbär 2: Die geheimnisvolle Insel) was released and also proved successful.

The score to The Little Polar Bear (1) was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi-Wills and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and was nominated for several awards.

Original BBC TV series adaptation

The Little Polar Bear
Genre	Animation
Created by	Hans de Beer (Novel)
Written by	Birgit Quastenberg Josef Schelle Hans de Beer
Directed by	Theo Kerp
Voices of	Sue Sheridan Jimmy Hibbert
Theme music composer	Manfred Schoof
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	German English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer	Siegmund Grewenig
Producer	Theresa Plummer Andrews
Running time	5-6 minutes
Production company	Rothkirch/Kringel Cartoon Films
Release
Original network	BBC TV

In the mid-1990s there was a TV adaptation for the BBC, featuring the voice talents of Sue Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert. The Animation of the series was by Sinan Gungor

• Susan Sheridan - Lars, Lena, Peeps, Mummy Polar Bear,
• Jimmy Hibbert - Daddy Polar Bear, various male voices

Characters

• Lars - the little polar bear, main character of the show
• Frieda, Lars' mother
• Mika, Lars' father
• Lena - the Arctic hare,
• Peeps - the snow goose,
• Brownie Brown Bear,
• Mummy Brown Bear, Brownie's mother
• Daddy Brown Bear, Brownie's father
• The seagull acrobites
• Fussy Husky
• Zoophoo (walrus)

Episodes

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Film

The Little Polar Bear
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Directed by	Piet De Rycker Thilo Rothkirch
Written by	Piet De Rycker Bert Schrickel Thomas Wittenburg
Produced by	Willi Geike
Edited by	Bettina Behrens Nadia Hennrich
Music by	Nigel Clarke Michael Csányi-Wills
Production company	Rothkirch Cartoon Film
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	4 October 2001
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German English

This film was followed by five sequels:

• The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger (2002)
• The Little Polar Bear: A Dream of Flying (2002)
• The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue (2003)
• The Little Polar Bear: A Visitor from the South Pole (2002)
• The Little Polar Bear: The Mysterious Island (2005)
• The Little Polar Bear (2001)

Voice cast

Character	German Version	English Version
Lars	Mijail Verona Raffi (singing)	Wesley Singerman
Robby	Maximilian Artajo	Brianne Siddall
Kalle	Jochen Busse
Nalle	Mike Krüger
Palle	Bernd Stelter
Mika	Ingolf Lück	Michael McConnohie
Manili	Vanessa Petruo
Greta	Jeanette Biedermann	RuDee Sade
Caruso	Dirk Bach	Joe Ochman
Pieps	Sandro Blümel	Sandy Fox
Hippo	Harry Rowohlt
Lena	Adak Azdasht	Kimberly J. Brown
Sopho / Sophocles	Wolfgang Völz	Ralph Votrian
Großmutter	Barbara Adolph
Mutter Eisbär	Anke Engelke
Lemmings	Hans Werner Olm Johann König Thomas Hackenberger Roberto Capitoni	Joshua Seth R. Martin Klein Edie Mirman Peter Lurie
Seagulls / Möwe	Santiago Ziesmer Hans Werner Olm Frank Schaff	Steve Kramer Jason Spisak Robert Axelrod

Additional English Voices

• Daran Norris ... Brutus
• Neil Kaplan ... Bert
• Tom Fahn ... Boris
• Rebecca Forstadt ... Anna
• Steve Blum ... Henry
• Mari Devon ... Nina
• Edie Mirman ... Grandmother
• Steve Bulen ... Other
• Richard Cansino ... Other
• Melora Harte ... Other

Voices in Brazil

• Cáio César ...Lars
• Charles Emmanuel...Robby
• Luísa Palomanes...Greta

External links

• Template:Str rightmost/ Der Kleine Eisbär on IMDb
• Template:Str rightmost/ Der kleine Eisbär - Neue Abenteuer, neue Freunde on IMDb
• Template:Str rightmost/ Der kleine Eisbär - Neue Abenteuer, neue Freunde 2 on IMDb
• Template:Str rightmost/ Der kleine Eisbär - Besuch vom Südpol on IMDb
• Der kleine Eisbär - Nanouks Rettung on IMDb
• Template:Str rightmost/ Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel on IMDb
• Original Score: Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi Wills