Defa Studio Fur Trickfilme Movies

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

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...

Meta Morfoss is not only a child with fantasy, she can also transform herself into an angel or crocodile. Often, she gets into strange situations...

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.

Animated short film based on Andersen's tale.

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

In ancient China, there is a poet named Lo who lives in the emperor’s palace. While the hardworking people long for peace and happiness, Lo...

There once was a poor miller who had no children but only three apprentices to work for him. The two older boys were lazy, mean and stupid, but...

Two neighbours argue about which one of them should get rid of a pile of rubbish.

The fumes emanating from a traffic jam make everybody, and every animal, cough.

An elegant crowd attends a meeting but, while they listen to the speech, all they really care about is the buffet.

This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.