Movies
Two films have been featured about the Wild Chicks: Wild Chicks (2005, Die Wilden Hühner) and Wild Chicks in Love (2007, Die wilden Hühner und die Liebe), both directed by Vivian Naefe. Wild Chicks was a commercial success, drawing 1.15 million visitors into the cinemas, and won the "Younger Audience Award for Best Film" prize in Leeds, and Paula Riemann, who portrayed Melanie, won the Undine Award (German film prize for teenage actors) for "best comedienne". The successor Wild Chicks in Love was also a success, drawing about 1 million visitors in Germany. Funke herself was "very pleased" with the film adaptations.
In the two movies, the Wild Chicks were portrayed by Michelle von Treuberg (Sprotte), Lucie Hollmann (Frieda), Zsá Zsá Inci Bürkle (Trude), Paula Riemann (Melanie), and Jette Hering (Wilma), and the Pygmies were portrayed by Jeremy Mockridge (Fred), Martin Kurz (Torte), Vincent Redetzki (Willi) and Philip Wiegratz (Steve; Wiegratz played Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Notable was also Svea Bein (Wilma's girlfriend Leonie), who joined Riemann as an Undine Award winner with her performance in the 2007 German TKKG movie TKKG und das Geheimnis um die rätselhafte Mind Machine. The adult roles were portrayed by established actors Veronica Ferres (Sybille), Jessica Schwarz (Ms. Rose), Benno Fürmann (Herr Grünbaum, her colleague and boyfriend), Oliver Stokowski (Thorben Mossmann), Thomas Kretschmann (Sprotte's estranged father) and Doris Schade (Oma Slättberg).
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