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Back to Gaya

Back to Gaya

20045.31h 31m

Overview

The beautiful world of Gaya is home to two similar humanoid species: Zeldons who are the furry majority residents, and Snurks, who are goblin-like outcasts. But suddenly all Gayans are facing imminent danger when a magic stone which protects their world, "the Dalamite", is beamed away by a mysterious force. Three Snurks immediately go after it, hoping to be the heroes for once. They are shortly followed by some standout Zeldons: Zino the trouble-prone popular guy & his sidekick, clever but somewhat cowardly inventor Boo, as well as rebel princess Alanta. Their journey ends up leading them all on a dangerous interdimensional quest to find the stone, while they must also figure out a way to get back to Gaya.

Directed by Lenard Fritz Krawinkel
Written by Jan Berger, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw
Produced by Lenard Fritz Krawinkel, Holger Tappe
Box Office0Revenue: $2.8M

Top Cast

Michael Herbig

Michael Herbig

Boo (voice)

Torsten Münchow

Torsten Münchow

Zino (voice)

V

Vanessa Petruo

Alanta (voice)

Wolfgang Völz

Wolfgang Völz

Mayor (voice)

U

Uwe Büschken

Chad (voice)

K

Klaus Sonnenschein

Galger (voice)

Bodo Wolf

Bodo Wolf

Professor N. Icely (voice)

C

Claudia Lössl

E.N.I.A.C. (voice)

D

Dimitri Kyrianos

Billy (voice)

Lutz Schnell

Lutz Schnell

Taxifahrer

Themes & Keywords

returnsupportenginescientistcreatoraggressiveinterdimensional travelambiguous

About Back to Gaya

Back to Gaya is a animation, fantasy, science fiction film released in 2004 exploring themes of return, support, engine, scientist, creator, aggressive. Directed by Lenard Fritz Krawinkel, it stars Michael Herbig, Torsten Münchow, Vanessa Petruo. The beautiful world of Gaya is home to two similar humanoid species: Zeldons who are the furry majority residents, and Snurks, who are goblin-like outcasts. But suddenly all Gayans are facing imminent danger when a magic stone which protects their world, "the Dalamite", is beamed away by a mysterious force. Three Snurks immediately go after it, hoping to be the heroes for once. They are shortly followed by some standout Zeldons: Zino the trouble-prone popular guy & his sidekick, clever but somewhat cowardly inventor Boo, as well as rebel princess Alanta. Their journey ends up leading them all on a dangerous interdimensional quest to find the stone, while they must also figure out a way to get back to Gaya.

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