Defa Studio Fur Trickfilme Movies

Part of the Filopat and Patafil series of East German animated short films.

A man waits at the side of the motorway with a tow rope, waiting for a car to tow him. Many, many cars go by without stopping until the driver of a sm...

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...

Agathopulus loves his luxurious life. He does not want to be bothered with helping to rebuild a destroyed city. Instead, he invents machines and ratio...

Before going to bed, Jana plays a lullaby on her violin for the little star. In the girl's imagination, the star dances happily and falls from the sky...

Karl, Katrinchen and Spatz are visiting their grandmother every christmas. The small village is covered up by snow and so the three kids build a snowm...

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

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...

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...

A girl is sitting in the garden doing schoolwork and is distracted by butterflies flying around. She throws away her pen and runs after the butterflie...

A raven wishes to be an eagle and he imitates the proud bird. But when the eagle is punished because he killed a sheep, the raven has second thoughts.

Simple artistic structures, including dots and moving lines, create a story.

A man visits a variety of locations in an attempt to find a place free of noise and distraction, only to discover he may be looking for something whic...