Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

2018 · directed by Dennis Gansel

Rating
64/100
Hit
no

A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018), directed by Dennis Gansel, rates 64/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Henning Baum
  • Solomon Gordon
  • Annette Frier
  • Uwe Ochsenknecht
  • Christoph Maria Herbst
  • Milan Peschel
  • Rick Kavanian
  • Eden Gough
  • Leighanne Esperanzate
  • Kao Chenmin

Crew

  • Torsten Breuer — Director of Photography
  • Ralf Wengenmayr — Original Music Composer
  • Andrew Birkin — Writer
  • Dirk Ahner — Writer
  • Sebastian Niemann — Writer

More from Dennis Gansel

  1. The Wave (2008) — 72/100
  2. Before the Fall (2004) — 70/100
  3. The Tank (2025) — 68/100
  4. We Are the Night (2010) — 61/100
  5. The Fourth State (2012) — 61/100
  6. Jim Button and the Wild 13 (2020) — 61/100

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