In 2020, the feature film debut of the Ukrainian director Antonio Lukitsch turned out to be a surprise success at the box office. Now the MDR has produced a German dubbed version of the comedy.
MDR has produced a German dubbed version of the award-winning Ukrainian film "My Thoughts Are Silent" (Ukrainian "Мої думки тихі"). The comedy, which can be seen on German TV for the first time on Monday, December 19, 10:35 p.m. on MDR under the title "The Animal Voice Collector or The Song of the Scheuen Mallard", won two Ukrainian Oscars in 2020, the "Golden Dzyga". , excellent.
The feature film debut of 30-year-old director Antonio Lukitsch, who also wrote the screenplay together with Valeria Kalchenko, is about Wadym (Andrij Lidahowskyi). The young sound designer lives in Kyiv and earns his money by recording all sorts of sounds and selling the sounds.
When one day an unusual order comes from Canada, Wadym senses big money: he is supposed to record the voice of the almost extinct shy mallard for a computer game. Since these are not available everywhere, Wadym is dependent on the help of his mother (Irma Witowska), who - unlike him - owns a car and a driver's license.
Also available in the ARD media library
The bizarre road trip by mother and son quickly became a cinema hit in the Ukraine. "Many films and series from Eastern Europe usually only find a small audience in Germany due to a lack of dubbing,"
explains Daniela Adomat, head of the MDR film and series department. In order to give the film more visibility here as well, MDR has now produced a German version. Well-known speakers such as Patrick Keller ("Enola Holmes 2", "Dead Girls Don't Lie") and Cathleen Gawlich ("Two and a Half Men", "Lucifer") could be won for this purpose.
After the TV broadcast, "The Animal Voice Collector or The Song of the Scheuen Mallard" can be viewed in the ARD media center for 30 days.
