Ferdinand Diehl

Die Wichtelmänner (1968)

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. ...

Der Spielverderber (1960)

A Silver Bear winning short animation. ...

Kasperl Larifari und die Wunderschachtel (1955)

no overview. ...

Mecki Introduces Himself (1952)

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

The Bottle Imp (1952)

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

Always Happy (1950)

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

Dornröschen (1943)

A German stop-motion adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. ...

Max and Moritz (1941)

"(...) a rather chilling Max and Moritz (Max und Moritz, 1941), based on Wilhelm Busch's original nineteenthcentury comic strip (...)" -https://books.google.de/books? ...

Der Wolf und die 7 Geißlein (1939)

Stop-motion version of the Grimm fairy tale from the Nazi era. ...

The Wolf and the Seven Goat Kids (1939)

Stop-motion version of the Grimm fairy tale from the Nazi era. ...

Der Wettlauf zwischen dem Hasen und dem Igel (1938)

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 field [filmportal]. ...

The Seven Ravens (1937)

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 in a quest to find them. Considered to be the first German feature length stop motion film. ...

Von einem, der auszog, das Gruseln zu lernen (1935)

Elaborately designed puppet animation film about the Brothers Grimm's "Fairy Tale of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" ...

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (1935)

Nachtasyl (1934)

A early puppet animation by Ferdinand Diehl ...

Nautilus (1933)

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

Tönende Handschrift I: Serenade (1932)

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

Tönende Handschrift III: Barcarole (1932)

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

Mecki Introduces Himself (1952)

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