The Ape Star - Cast

The Ape Star (2021)
PG
75 min | Animation, Family

The Ape Star (2021)

75 min | Animation, Family

Jonna has lived at the orphanage all her life. One day a Gorilla comes and adopts her. It takes some time for Jonna to get used to her new mother, but just as everything starts becoming good, the local authorities threaten their existence.

Director

Linda Hambäck

Writers

Jan Vierth (screenplay) | Frida Nilsson (freely based on the book by)

Producers

Linda Hambäck | Petter Lindblad

Composers

Tania Naranjo | Minna Weurlander

Cinematographer

Gabriel Mkrttchian

Editors

Ulf Tønder Flittig (as Ulf Flittig Tønder) | Linda Hambäck

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Release date

Aug 24, 2021 (United States)

Awards

2 wins & 5 nominations

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Rebecca Gerstmann Jonna Jonna See fewer	Rymdresan (2020)
Pernilla August Gorillan Gorillan See fewer	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Melinda Kinnaman Gerd Gerd See fewer	My Life as a Dog (1985)
Stellan Skarsgård Tord Tord See fewer	Good Will Hunting (1997)
Frida Bargo Woman in fur Woman in fur See fewer	I Am Zlatan (2021)
Jack Bergenholz Aron Aron See fewer	The Ape Star (2021)
Gunnar Bolin Giovanni Giovanni See fewer	Vem? (2010)
Per Broman Angry man Angry man See fewer	Gordon and Paddy (2017)
Linda Hambäck Woman at open-air café Woman at open-air café See fewer	Gordon and Paddy (2017)
Omid Khansari Phone buyer Phone buyer See fewer	The Befallen (2003)
Liv Källskog-Öjve Orphanage children Orphanage children See fewer	The Ape Star (2021)
Petter Lindblad Man at open-air café Man at open-air café See fewer	Siv sover vilse (2016)
Tova Magnusson Bike buyer Bike buyer See fewer	Svart Lucia (1992)
Tania Naranjo Restaurant couple Restaurant couple See fewer	Flashbacks
Simon Norrthon Gustaf Gustaf See fewer	Like It Never Was Before (1995)
Agnes Sundberg Orphanage children Orphanage children See fewer	The Ape Star (2021)
Stina Sundberg Orphanage children Orphanage children See fewer	The Ape Star (2021)
Minna Weurlander Restaurant couple Restaurant couple See fewer	The Ape Star (2021)