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Sams in Gefahr
MY MAGICAL FRIEND SAMS
What’s a SAMS? Why, a Simply Adorable and Magical
Sprite, of course!
Martin is a shy 11-year-old, an outsider who has no
friends. To make matters worse, Martin is harassed by
his mean gym teacher who humiliates him in front of
the entire class. Even though his father, who works as
a technical advisor in the school, passes out invitations
to Martin’s birthday party, no classmates show up. It’s
just Martin and his parents and the big empty room.
But all this is about to change …
Quickly finding the small, potion-filled bottle on a
bathroom shelf, his Dad mixes a few drops in his glass,
drinks it … and like a colorful whirlwind of energy …
the Sams is there! Now Martin has a real friend, and
a magical one at that! Small and impish, full of
mischief and topped with fuzzy red hair, the Sams
talks in funny rhymes and has a face full of blue magical
freckles, each one worth one wish! But there are
only so many freckles … and crazy side effects that
come with every new batch!
After a flurry of hilarious ”wishtakes“, Martin quickly
learns how to wish with precision and begins a wild
escapade of magic-making that wins him lots of new
friends, good grades in school, and unfortunately, the
greedy attention of his gym teacher. Then suddenly
the Sams is gone! And all at once, strange things start
to happen: The gym teacher becomes school principal,
suddenly has a new dream car and a beautiful
villa, and he’s also captured the heart of the gorgeous
math teacher. Worst of all, Martin is kicked out of
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school and his dad gets fired! There’s only one possibility:
the gym teacher must have kidnapped the Sams
and is using his freckled powers! Everything seems to
be lost, but Martin is determined, magic or no magic,
to go in search of his friend. It might be difficult, but
where there’s a Sams, there’s a way!
Genre Family Entertainment Category Feature Film
Cinema Year of Production 2003 Director Ben
Verbong Screenplay Ulrich Limmer, Paul Maar Director
of Photography Jan Fehse Editor Alexander Berner
Music by Nicola Piovani Production Design Frank
Polosek Producer Ulrich Limmer Production
Company Collina Filmproduktion/Munich Principal Cast
Ulrich Noethen, Christine Urspruch, Eva Mattes, Dominique
Horwitz, Jasmin Tabatabai Length 101 min, 2,778 m
Format 35 mm, color, cs Original Version German
Subtitled Version English Sound Technology Dolby
SRD With backing from Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA),
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern German Distributor
Constantin Film Verleih GmbH/Munich
Ben Verbong was born in 1949 in Holland and is one of the
most well-known directors in his homeland. His films include:
Der Skorpion (1984), Lily Was Here (1989), and
House Call (1996). He has been living and working in
Germany for several years, directing the television films
Schock – Eine Frau in Angst (1998), the Tatort-series
episode Kinder der Gewalt (1999), the thriller Lieber,
boeser Weihnachtsmann (1999), The Slurb (Das
Sams, 2001), Hanna – Wo bist Du? (TV, 2001), and My
Magical Friend Sams (Sams in Gefahr, 2003).
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Scene from "My Magical Friend Sams" (photo © Constantin Film)