The Three Robbers

The Three Robbers is a childrens book by Tomi Ungerer. The book was adapted as a fulllength feature film by Hayo Freitag, released in mid2007. There was also a 6minute version released in 1972 by Gene Deitch.

The book was first published in 1961. In October 2008 Phaidon Press published a new Englishlanguage edition, and a month later Strasbourgbased publisher La Nue Bleue put out a trilingual version Die drei Raiwer in Alsatian, French and German.The film received the second prize for Animated Feature Film or Video in the Adult Jury Prizes at the Chicago International Childrens Film Festival in 2007, and in 2008 and 2009 was awarded first prizes and audience awards at film festivals in Hamburg Germany, Paris, Bordeaux, Annecy France, Poznan Poland, Bilbao Spain, Brussels, Ghent Belgium, Bucharest Romania, and Toronto. It received the audience Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 2008. ........

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