At 16, Germany’s Helena Zengel rates as an acting veteran who leads the way with Friday’s theatrical family fantasy film “The Legend of Ochi.” Berlin born and raised, Zengel is known in ...

Making your U.S. film debut opposite an actor of Tom Hanks's stature is no small feat, yet Helena Zengel handled it with ...

The Legend of Ochi will be available to watch digitally from May 20, 2025. The Legend of Ochi is not yet available on any ...

“I used to have loads of stuffed animals and was totally convinced they could all talk and were alive,” says Zengel. “So for me, this was amazing. I always wished I had a little puppet that ...

But when their lonely 12-year-old daughter Yuri (Helena Zengel) finds a lost baby ochi, she bonds with it and becomes determined to return it to its home deep in the forest. While the two can’t ...

News of the World' star Helena Zengel anchors the first film in over a decade from South African director Pia Marais, which is humidly atmospheric but narratively hard to pin down. Rebecca isn’t ...

as well as stars Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, and Emily Watson. "It really was a living thing," Wolfhard said of his first impression of the Baby Ochi puppet. "It was scary because it was so ...

Set on the remote island of Carpathia, Isaiah Saxon’s film introduces Yuri (Helena Zengel) and her father, Maxim (Willem Dafoe), who lead a hunt for the brightly colored, simian-like Ochi.

Donation Options Search Search Search Helena Zengel in a scene from “The Legend of Ochi.” A24 Share “The Legend of Ochi,” a scrappy and darkly whimsical fable about a misunderstood teenage ...

Fantastic beast fantasy has creepy moments and language. Somewhat reminiscent of “E.T.,” this imaginative fantasy adventure follows our young protagonist, Yuri (Helena Zengel), in a remote ...