Från DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme Studios

Animated short film based on the Andersen tale.

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer...

Caliph Harun al-Rashid was turned into a stork by a power-greedy rival. Only with the help of his wise vizier and a beautiful princess is he able to...

Animated short film

For his mockery a witch transforms the pert boy Jacob into an ugly dwarf, but teaches him at the same time how to cook. Jacob quickly becomes a...

Three men shipwrecked on a desolate island are granted a helpful gift by a mermaid, only to misuse it entirely.

Olli, the main character in the movie, got a very bad grade and is terribly annoyed. She runs away from home and, together with a dog and a horse,...

Uli has found an old book in the attic of the Kulturhaus that tells of the exploitation of the peasants by the feudal lords. He tries to imagine how...

Puppet animated film based on a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.

A grandfather builds a giant kite with his grandson, but first time they try to fly it, they are pulled up into the sky! Grandma is worried that the...