# Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)

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**Original title**: *Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer*
**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Dennis Gansel
**Written by**: Andrew Birkin, Sebastian Niemann, Dirk Ahner
**Starring**: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christoph Maria Herbst, Milan Peschel

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Another entry in the ongoing quest to make children’s literature feel like a theme park map. Jim Button, a curious orphan, teams up with a locomotive named Emma and a no-nonsense engineer to chase clues about his origins. It’s less globe-trotting, more postcard-hopping—with occasional fire-breathing.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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