Rico, Oskar and the Mysterious Stone

Genre: Children’s movie/Adventure
94 Minutes
Age rating: from 7
Germany 2016
 
Rico (Anton Petzold) and Oskar (Juri Winkler), both friends and amateur detectives, experience a range of adventures. During their last one, the neighbor Fitzke dies and Rico inherits his stone collection. Rico and Oskar find out that the most precious stone is missing! The boys quickly decide to take the train to Prerow where they hope to find the main suspect. Their journey to the Baltic Sea will not only be their biggest adventure but also become the greatest test their friendship has ever had to endure…
 
From 1999 to 2000, Neele Leana Vollmar (born 1978) worked as a freelance assistant director for various productions. In 2000 she began her studies at the Film Academy of Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, from which she graduated in 2005. For the movie “Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten” she was awarded the Goldener Spatz 2014 for Best Script at the German Kinder-Medien-Festival. Filmography: "Rico, Oskar and the Deeper Shadows" (2014), "Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht!" (2009), "Peaceful Times" (2008), "Holiday of Life" (2005) i.a.
   

About the film
Genre	Adventure
Country	Germany
Year	2016
Director	Neele Vollmar
Script	Martin Gypkens, based on Andreas Steinhöfel
Actors	Anton Petzold (role: Rico) and Juri Winkler (role: Oskar), as well as Karoline Herfurth, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursela Monn, Henry Hübchen, David Kross, Jacob Matschenz, Heike Makatsch, Katharina Schüttler, Friederike Kempter, Fahri Yardim and Trystan Pütter
Runtime	94 minutes