Ferdinand Diehl Movies

The film is an example of films from the Nazi era that focused on alpine sports and often used them for propaganda purposes.

A German stop-motion adaptation of Sleeping Beauty.

A Silver Bear winning short animation.

A German explorer sails in his U-boat, Nautilus, all the way to the North Pole.

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...

The moving story of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, in a meticulously detailed stop-motion animated film by Ferdinand Diehl.

A early puppet animation by Ferdinand Diehl

When a young girl finds out that, due to her existence, her seven brothers are struck by a curse and have to live their lives as ravens, she goes out...

Story loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Bottle Imp".

Cites were obligated in the middle ages to defend themselves against plunderers and against the claim to power of neighboring lords. Cities, who were...

Stop-motion animated short with experimental sound by Rudolf Pfenninger.

Stop-motion animated short, with sound by Rudolf Pfenninger.

Film adaptation of the folk tale "The Hare and the Hedgehog": A slow but shrewd hedgehog challenges an equally nimble and snooty hare to a race in a...

Max and Moritz terrorize a village by killing chickens, stealing food, and harming villagers.

A mouse from the city invites a country mouse to the cellar where it lives to show how much food they have there. But soon the country mouse realizes...

Mecki Introduces Himself - This stop motion puppet film explains the making of animated shorts featuring the character Mecki.

Kasperle Larifari travels to a distant island in search of a magic flower.

Mecki demonstrates to the audience what can happen when widespread voter apathy sets in. This 1953 film was produced on behalf of the Federal Agency...