The full title in German ( Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte) translates to Momo, or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people. It is about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. Momo, also known as The Grey Gentlemen or The Men in Grey, is a fantasy novel by Michael Ende, published in 1973. The German fantasy and children’s author, Michael Ende, and his 1973 novel, Momo or The Men in Grey: One of those children’s foreign films I watched a very long time ago, born of a children’s book and author with a mind and imagination that was out of this world and so delightful. It came to me suddenly just now, and brought a smile to my face. Watching the video, More, with the grey misshapen men shuffling about their assembly-line and robotic tasks on the factory floor, and the colourless grey tall generic city buildings, I have memories of an old movie from a long time ago flashing across my mind, scenes with mysterious grey men going about their mysterious soul-robbing work and ways in a drab grey city…but I just couldn’t remember what movie it was.
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