Captain Bluebear
Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers is a figure who was known by the puppet series Captain Blaubärs yarn in the program with the mouse.
Action
Captain Bluebeard inhabited together with the rat police guy and his grandchildren, the bears yellow, green and pink, the stranded trawler Elvira, located near the fictional town Rumsrüttelkoog on a rocky cliff. In earlier episodes also popped up on the penguin Amundsen. The main purpose in life of Captain Blue Bear is supposed to tell his grandchildren yarns about his numerous voyages. While the overall story is presented as a puppet, the yarn in the form of animated Einspielern is visualized as a flashback. At the end of a story, after obgliatorischen protest of the three grandchildren, often there is a powerful testimony to the truth of a story. Similarly, any television show with Captain Bluebear is built. The music of well over 150 episodes Captain Blaubärs yarn and countless episodes Captain Blue Bear Club and Blaubär and stupid programs written by the composer Peter W. Schmitt. The stories themselves Walter Moers designed together with Lassahn and Rolf Silber.
Reception
Due to the success in the program with the mouse, among other various television programs, a novel and several musicals were produced.
TV shows
In addition to the previously known figures other characters, such as the Flöt, the flower or the Leichtmatrosin Karin Bille to come. From 1993 to 2001, was the first mission Captain Blue Bear Club. After about a year's break the successor Blaubär and stupidity was broadcast from 2002 to 2008. In addition to the stories with Captain Bluebeard various children's series are shown. Other spin- offs of Captain Blue Bear Mini Club (1994-1996), the Captain Bluebeard magazine and the Captain Bluebeard stories.
Novel
1999 Walter Moers wrote the novel The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, which has become part of a novel series set on the fictional continent Zamonien. The novel presents a fictional autobiography dar. Unlike the puppet animation series, this novel is not directed to children but to adults.
Film
The feature-length animated film Captain Blue Bear - The film (directed by Hayo Freitag ) was published in 1999 and 2000 was named Best Children's Film program filling the German Film Award in Gold.
Musicals
2006, based on the novel by Walter Moers and the same musical was premiered The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear in the Cologne Musical Dome. The music comes from Martin Lingnau, the lyrics by Heiko Wohlgemuth.
On 16 November 2008, the TV musical The three bears and the stupid wolf in his First Air Date. For the writer of this special episode Walter Moers was awarded the 2009 Bavarian TV Award.
On 26 December 2009, the second television musical adventure in the forest Pizza was first broadcast.
From autumn 2014 the Lügenbär comes quite live as a new musical titled Captain Blue Bear - The children's musical on tour.
Synchronization
The characters in the various programs are synchronized by well-known actors. The figures of the three bears have no fixed spokesman, since they are eingesprochen of children.
- Captain Blue Bear: Wolfgang Volz
- Police guy: Edgar Hoppe
- Flower Karin: Edith Hancke
- Schnatterschnute: Peer Augustinski
- Prof. Dr. Feinfinger: Helge Schneider
Rights
The rights for Captain Blue Bear are at the WDR Media Group, which it has licensed inter alia to the publisher Ravensburger and Walter Moers.
Mascot
Figures from the "Captain - Blaubär universe " are official mascot of the Games Ravensburger Scotland, or a project for youth traffic safety education of the Federal Ministry of Transport.