One day the animals become too colorful: war is constantly going on among the people. When Alois, the lion, learns that the 365th Peace Conference has just failed, the animals decide that it is high time to intervene: they call their own "animal" peace conference. With much courage and even more imagination, they develop a plan so that Frides can finally prevail among the people of the world ...

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

When the old miller dies, he leaves the mill to the eldest son, the donkey to the second eldest and a tomcat to the youngest. The tomcat wants to repay his master's friendship and help him. He has his boots made, gains access to the royal castle and catches the partridges the king wants. He impersonates the miller's boy Hans as "Count of the Mill", tricks him into wearing elegant clothes and brings him together with the king and the princess. He succeeds in overcoming the evil sorcerer and winning a magnificent castle for Hans. Hans finally becomes king and his cat first minister.

A device consisting of a clock, a pendulum, a faucet and a bucket enacts a series of events whenever the clock chimes.

This animated short shows the development of boys up to and during puberty. It depicts the typical external changes that occur with the onset of sexual maturity, the structure and function of the sexual organs, sperm formation and pollination.

The journeyman tailor Kasper has a hard time. His mistress is constantly keeping him busy with chores. When the brownies show up in town and take over all the craftsmen's work, Kasper can no longer get any sewing done. That's fine with the master. He now often meets up with his colleagues to sing a quartet, but Kasper finally becomes the master's pet. When this nosy and bossy person ambushes the brownies with peas, the good Kasper tries to protect the little gnomes from harm. He is unsuccessful, and the brownies leave the town for good, badly demolished. Now they have to do the work themselves again. The masters are very sad, but the choir singing helps them get over the worst. Kasper is happy, he can pick up the needle again and become a capable journeyman tailor.

Various objects are having a sunny outing together in the nature.

At midnight, two elves help a pair of shoemakers in distress by making shoes. They make it a condition that they are not watched. When the cobblers do it anyway and then send them the matching clothes, they stop working but continue to help the cobblers.

The devil wants revenge on Kasper for his last defeat and kidnaps Gretel in a helicopter. Kasper uses all the possibilities of modern technology to find and free Gretel, but the devil always manages to shake off his pursuer. He insidiously saws through the bridge and Kasper and his Trabant plunge into deep water. The devil sees himself as the winner, but has not reckoned with Kasper's determination and the reliability of the little car. In the end, the evil kidnapper is defeated and locked in the fridge.

Alois Hingerl, porter no. 172 at the Munich train station, gets into heaven. St. Peter introduces him to the heavenly house rules: “rejoicing” and “singing hallelujah”. Of that, “Angel Aloisus” is not very edified, especially since he is supposed to get “heavenly manna” instead of Munich beer. Due to a few irksome events at the side, his dissatisfaction is only increased. Angrily, he sits down on his cloud in order to rejoice and sing hallelujah. But that sounds in such a way that the heavenly population’s hair stood on end. In his indignation, Alois even doesn’t mince his words towards the Lord. The latter gives in and orders Alois to deliver the divine afflatus to the Bavarian government. He sends him immediately with a corresponding letter to Munich. As “angel Aloisius” comes back home, he at once goes to the Hofbräuhaus. And like this, the Bavarian government waits till today for the divine afflatus in vain.

A Silver Bear winning short animation.

The devil is trapped in Kasper's fridge, but it is stolen by robbers and the devil escapes. He steals Kasper's car and flees. Kasper pursues him to hell and has a friendly conversation with the devil's grandmother. She decides that Kasper will get his car back and the devil will be punished with house arrest.

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Professor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.

Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film warning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses.

What would happen if Hitler came back to West Germany after passing the statute of limitations for Nazi crimes on January 1, 1965? Based on West German laws, he would not only be able to reclaim his private property, but also a restitution. In addition, he could demand to get his power back and the reintegration of German areas into the Reich.

Allegory of men's use of fire to kill, when it was given by Prometheus to help them.

Puppet theatre adaptation of the popular children's novel.

By ship and train Heinrich, the Deer gets to the local zoo where he's greeted bey a group of children. With the winter arriving and snow falling, Heinrich explores the surroundings - even outside his compound...

After a long day in the pasture, Mother Donkey tells her little son the Christmas story before bedtime. In his dream, the little donkey sets off on an adventurous journey to find the Christ Child...

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 writes hymns in honor of the militant emperor, who is perpetually hungry for conquest. The monarch is pleased by the poet’s words, but the people do not want to hear the hymns praising him anymore. Lo is completely unaware of this and is surprised when the kitchen maid Hsi-Hua refuses to sing his hymns. With her help, Lo learns what the people really want and is able to see how cruel the emperor is.

A German Film award winning short animated biography of accomplished 19th century organic chemist August Kekulé.

A political allegory in an animated film about a city that is swallowed up by weeds growing with malevolent vigor because its inhabitants have not taken enough initiative.

Cartoon showing the "Utopes" - talented, unconventional, double-faced creatures. They are split by a uniformed man with a sabre - individually forced into submission by totalitarian ideology.

The film makes fun of the superficial changes in power in their birthplaces. Herbst's painting depicts a society of excited string toys who first march to the strains of the Kaiser's anthem, whose black, white and red flag dominates the swastika, before being incorporated into the colors of a conglomerate of right-wing newspapers. Black, white, red. Three times, the Germans march organized in columns and ranks: under the colors of the Kaiser, the Führer and Axel Springer.

Short stop motion animation by Franz Winzentsen.

A cloud of black dust, one of white dust, and the world.

A film drawn and dubbed by children in a 6th grade class, animated by Franz Winzentsen.

Animated short based on a children's book by Benno Pludra. Winter has enchanted the city and harbour. Only boatman is boring, no one plays with him. Captain Putt Bräsing has an insight with his little dog and entrusts him Uwe, Jochen and Katrinchen to frolic around. The children go on a research trip to the beach.

A German Film Award winning spsatirical animation looking at modern day attitudes to “specialists”.

At camp, the boys Mäxchen and Knirps make friends with a squirrel. Envious Emil wants to spoil their fun with the little animal and invents a hair-raising story in which he allegedly captures a wild lion, tames it and takes it home with him. Mäxchen's bragging gets too much, he steals away and lets out a menacing lion's roar with the help of a watering can. Emil flees, his hair dusted with horror. Everyone rejoices at his embarrassment - including the squirrel.

“Kundi” was developed in the early 1960s by the German Hygiene Museum as a leading figure for the intensification of prevention work (especially health education) with children and young people. This short shows the importance of mouth hygiene.

Little Max and his friend Tüte want to make the pharmacist into an April fool by asking him for a bottle of mosquito fat. But the pharmacist is clever and sees through the boys’ plan. He labels a bottle “Muscle Power for Cosmonauts, three tablespoons per hour.” Tüte wakes up little Max during the night because he is so excited to share his discovery: One sip from the bottle will turn anybody into a cosmonaut. Little Max drinks some of the tonic and immediately finds himself in full cosmonaut gear. Suddenly, both boys are in outer space, but the tonic has worn off and they are in their pyjamas. They urgently need another sip from the bottle. Or maybe it was all only a dream?

East German animated propaganda short. One night, Flora the Cow and Jolanthe the Pig arrive in the village by truck. It is quiet everywhere, with the only noise coming from the pigsty. The residents are unhappy with their accommodation, they don't want to be in individual pens and demand sociability, cleanliness and self-service. Flora and Jolanthe want to help them. They demonstrate how the barn needs to be rebuilt. Everyone gets to work and tears down the pens. Flora and Jolanthe have brought along a vacuum feeding system, and when the conversion is finished, they can even take in pigs from smaller neighboring pens. Everyone is happy and the sociable pig life can begin. While the newly formed pig choir sings the final song, Flora drives the truck back to town and Jolanthe, wearing a white coat, operates the new feed mixer.

In this short educational animation film a gunslinger who cries at the funeral of his victims is arrested by the sheriff.He sneezes, the pathogens are spread and there is a chain reaction among the inhabitants of the town.

This year, the annual bike race will pass the highrise where little Max and Tüte live. It is a very hot day and the two boys try to come up with an idea to refresh the bikers. They finagle a huge water sprayer and all their neighbors get involved. But right at the crucial moment, a cat causes a huge accident and the would-be winner in the yellow jersey gets the worst of it.

Four gentlemen play house music with dedication and enthusiasm. They don't let anything get in their way. One of the four is put behind bars by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution because his scientific work is being published in the GDR. A NATO maneuver rages around the house and intrudes into their private lives. The roof catches fire and half the house collapses. The musicians continue to play the well-known canon: "Heaven and earth may pass away, but the musicians..."

A German Film Award silver medal winning short animation.

Criminal caught in the act.

An animated film made from collages. With a film text by poet and left-wing essayist Peter Rühmkorf. A satire on advertising language.

A comedic-erotic retelling of Hansel and Gretel. What makes it especially interesting is the soundtrack, Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, is recorded backwards to give it a way out free jazz effect.

A minor character from a collection of marionettes takes viewers through a small world theatre where they come across various types, including the seducer, the demagogue and the obedient masses. Ambitious puppet animation with a didactic and political purpose against propaganda methods.

A lazy potter is annoyed by the presence of the hard-working washerman. He makes sure that the king orders the washerman to wash a gray elephant white. The washerman sees through the bad intention and demands a pot in which he can wash the elephant. The lazy potter fails in this task and his attempt on the washerman's life is his own undoing.

An animated film that is critical of society. After being kissed by a "celestial" muse, an inventor succeeds in building a machine that will clothe the naked of the world. But after a "devilish" inspiration, the inventor expands heedlessly into new markets, leading to ever-increasing growth of the machine until it finally enslaves its inventor, who has become a war profiteer.

Beppo Bastelmann and his dog Bolli Spürnase track down Wattfraß. He is hiding in a kitchen where numerous electrical appliances are switched on. When Beppo and Bolli find him here, the electricity devil flees on the streetcar and escapes into the room of a thoughtless employee who has surrounded himself with numerous heaters and lamps. Wattfraß feels at home here and sings his little song of joy. But Beppo and Bolli track him down and don't let him escape again.

A short film by Franz Winzentsen

Figures in a side-scrolling landscape.

Puppet movie from the German Democratic Republic about the importance of rest.