Defa Studio Fur Trickfilme Movies

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

Two men sit on an island watching the sunset. When a storm gathers, they decide to build a boat. While one man is mindful of the coming danger and urg...

East German stop-motion animation version of the famous fairy tale, notable for its Beast appearing as an elephant.

Somewhere in an unknown land of turtles, an old turtle wants to see the world. After hearing a cancan record she wants to dance and decides to take a...

A short animation film on Martin Luther and the origins of the Reformation, one told with wry humor and paper cut-outs.

Duke Heinrich von Libnitz wins a knightly drink competition in 1472. However, the last barrel he drinks costs him his entire estate. So he has to look...

A man meets a yellow dog. They play with one another, and the man turns yellow. This doesn’t please a blue dog. The silhouette films by Bruno J. Böttg...

An enumeration of various ways by which the public might react to a film projection.

The entire globe is barren; there is no green left. A long line of people edges slowly forward. Under the strictest security, the people manage finall...

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

This short animation film, which is part of the series Musikalische Arabesken (Musical Arabesks),is a colorful and expressionistic interpretation of...

Animated East German short about a dissenting bird.