Richard, The Stork

**Richard, The Stork** is a German 2017 computer-animated adventure film. It was directed by Toby Genkel and Reza Memari. Movie premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on February 12, 2017 and was released for a limited time on Google Play on June 1, 2017. Then it premiered in theaters in the United States on June 30, 2017.

## Plot

After Richard's parents were killed, he is found by Aurora, the female white stork, who bring him to her nest and together with Claudius she raised him together with their son - Max. When the colony of storks leave on their annual migration south for the winter, Richard want to come the same way. During the journey he meet friends: Olga the owl and Kiki the parakeet.

## Cast

* Cooper Kramer (original dub) and Drake Bell (Lionsgate dub) as Richard the House sparrow
* Shannon Conley (original dub) and Jane Lynch (Lionsgate dub) as Olga the Pygmy owl
* Marc Thompson as Kiki the Budgerigar
* Erica Schroeder as Aurora the White stork
* Jonathan Todd Ross as Claudius the White stork
* Jason Griffith as Max the White stork
* Michele Knotz (original dub) and Justine Ezarik (Lionsgate dub) as Social Media Pigeons

## Other characters in the movie

* Robert
* Richard's Mom
* Weasel
* Oleg
* Bats
* Crows
* Koko
* Honey Badger

## Production

Studio Rakete in Hamburg, Germany and Studio 352 in Luxembourg created the storyboard. Studio Rakete was also responsible for the design of the main characters; Studio 352 designed the supporting characters. Most of the character animation was done by these companies and Bug AS in Norway. Lighting/shading, FX simulations and compositing of the final pictures was done by Walking the Dog from Belgium and Rise FX in Berlin. The movie was animated & rendered using Houdini with over 500 shots to be finished.

## Release dates

* Germany - 12 February 2017 (Best International Film Festival)
* Slovenia - 16 February 2017
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 March 2017
* Montenegro - 2 March 2017
* Serbia - 2 March 2017
* Lithuania - 10 March 2017
* Estonia - 21 April 2017
* Finland- 28 April 2017
* Romania - 28 April 2017
* Colombia - 4 May 2017
* Norway - 5 May 2017
* Poland - 5 May 2017
* Switzerland - 11 May 2017 (German speaking region)
* Germany - 11 May 2017
* Hungary - 11 May 2017
* Italy - 11 May 2017
* Peru - 11 May 2017
* Austria - 12 May 2017
* Bulgaria - 12 May 2017
* Spain - 12 May 2017
* Venezuela - 12 May 2017
* Georgia - 18 May 2017
* Russia - 18 May 2017
* Ukraine - 18 May 2017
* Argentina - 25 May 2017
* Chile - 1 June 2017
* Japan - 2 June 2017 (DVD Premiere)
* Philippines - 12 July 2017
* Croatia - 20 July 2017
* Uruguay - 20 July 2017
* Denmark - 17 August 2017
* Kuwait - 17 August 2017
* Sweden - 17 August 2017
* Portugal - 24 August 2017
* France - 18 October 2017
* Turkey - 27 October 2017

## Also Known As

* Argentina - Una Cigueña En Apuro
* Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) - Щъркелчето Ричард
* Brazi - Missão Cegonha
* Chile - Una cigüeña en apuros
* Colombia (dubbed version) - Una Cigueña En Apuros
* Germany - Überflieger - Kleine Vögel, großes Geklapper
* Denmark (dubbed version) - Storken Richard
* Estonia (dubbed version) - Kurepoeg Rihhard
* Spain - Richard, la cigüeña
* Finland - Riku Haikara
* France - Le voyage de Ricky
* UK - Little Bird's Big Adventure
* Croatia - Vrapčić Richard
* Hungary - Ricsi a gólya
* Italy - Richard - Missione Africa
* Lithuania - Ricis Didysis
* Mexico - Una cigueña en apuros
* Norway - Richard Storken
* Peru (dubbed version) - Una Cigueña En Apuros
* Poland - Riko prawie bocian
* Poland (alternative title) - Rysio (prawie) bocian
* Portugal - Um Voo em Grande
* Romania (dubbed version - Barzoiul Richard
* Serbia - Ričard Roda
* Russia - Трио в перьях
* Sweden (dubbed version) - Storken Richard
* Slovenia (dubbed version) - Vrabcek Richard
* USA - A Stork's Journey
* Uruguay (3-D version) - Una cigueña en apuros
* Venezuela (dubbed version) - Una Cigueña En Apuros

## Media

"Richard The Stork" have unactive Twitter accound and 3 Facebook fanpages, only one of them is still active.

## Game

"Richard The Stork" has only one game, developed by Honig Studios for iOS and Android mobile devices. The game has the same name as the movie.

## Sequel

Creators of the movie revealed in October 27, 2021 that they planning making a sequel called **"Richard The Stork 2 And The Mystery Of The Great Jewel"** distributed by Indie Sales. The movie is currently in production.