Verwitterte Melodie

Verwitterte Melodie
The title card of the German cartoon.
Directed byFischerkösen
Written byHorst von Möllendorff
Music byLothar Brühne
Release date
  • 6 April 1943 (1943-04-06)
Running time
10 min.
CountryNazi Germany

Verwitterte Melodie, or Weather-beaten Melody, is a 1943 animated short, made in Nazi Germany. It was written mainly by cartoonist Hans Fischerkoesen, although the sole credits often went to Horst von Möllendorff.[1] It was animated by Jiří Brdečka in Prague.

Plot

A bee finds an abandoned phonograph in a meadow and uses her stinger as a stylus to play the record on the turntable.

References

  1. ^ Moritz, William. "Resistance and Subversion in Animated Films of the Nazi Era: The Case of Hans Fischerkoesen". Animation Journal. Archived from the original on 2005-09-30.


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