Otto the Rhino | |
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Directed by | Kenneth Kainz[1] |
Screenplay by | Rune Schjøtt |
Based on | Otto the Rhino by Ole Lund Kirkegaard |
Produced by | Nina Crone Erik Wilstrupn |
Edited by | Per Düring Risager |
Music by | Halfdan E. Søren Siegumfeldt |
Production company | Crone Film |
Distributed by | SF Studios Phase 4 Films (US & Canada) |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | Denmark |
Language | Danish |
Box office | $2,403,520 |
Otto the Rhino (Danish: Otto er et næsehorn, lit. 'Otto is a rhinoceros') is a 2013 Danish animated comedy film[2] directed by Kenneth Kainz from a screenplay by Rune Schjøtt, based on the 1972 children's book of the same name by Danish children's author Ole Lund Kirkegaard.[1][3] It is the third and final film in a trilogy of computer-animated films based on children's books by Kirkegaard, after Freddy Frogface (2011) and Jelly T (2012).[4] The film is set in 1931, It was later dubbed into English and was released into several other countries.
Otto the Rhino was released in Danish cinemas on 7 February 2013,[1] where it grossed $2,370,662 for a total of $2,403,520.[5] It was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Children's Film at the 31st Robert Awards.[6]