Werner Baensch

Consequence (1987)

The fumes emanating from a traffic jam make everybody, and every animal, cough. ...

The Truth About the Frog Prince (1986)

Is he the dream prince? As each frog climbs out of the fountain, the princess hopes it will be the one, the love of her life. But no sooner has one been flung against the wall than it turns out to be pretty much a washout. Will the frogman be able to live ...

A Peaceful Day (1985)

A beetle flees from a bird. There is no hiding place where it is safe from its pursuer. It hides in a dark crevice where the bird's beak cannot reach. The beetle laughs at the bird. It has not yet realized that it is sitting in the space between the earth ...

Musikalische Arabesken: Suite (1982)

This short film is an animated interpretation of the Suite No. 4 by the music ensemble Bayon, which was founded in East Germany in 1971. Bayon's music is a unique combination of Khmer pentatonic music with elements of classical, jazz and rock. ...

Das hässliche junge Entlein (1982)

Animated short film based on Andersen's tale. ...

Musikalische Arabesken: Humoreske (1981)

This short animation film, which is part of the series Musikalische Arabesken (Musical Arabesks), is a colorful and expressionistic interpretation of Antonin Dvorák's Humoresque played in a modern version by the Jo Kurzweg Orchestra. ...

Musikalische Arabesken: Dixie-Linien (1981)

Second of four "musical arabesks". ...

Musikalische Arabesken: Träumerei (1980)

The animator uses expressionistic drawings for a filmic adaptation of Robert Schumann's delightful and famous piece Dreaming, the composer's well-known piece from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood). ...

Variants (1980)

Two neighbours argue about which one of them should get rid of a pile of rubbish. ...

The Princess and the Goat Boy (1975)

A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters (1970)

With the young Friedrich Engel's letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer thus gets to know the young Engels personally, learning about the significant moments of his development from a b ...

Die sieben Raben (1970)

A farmer and his wife had a girl in addition to their seven sons. An evil old woman turned the boys into ravens because she had not been invited to the christening. When the girl turned seven, she learned of the sad fate of her brothers and set out to rede ...

Alarm at the Puppet Theater (1960)

Kasperle and a group of his puppet friends prepare for his grandmother's birthday-but a little green devil threatens to intervene. He steals the donuts for Kasperle's grandmother, and the other puppets chase him to get them back... ...

Thumbelina's Adventure (1959)

Thumbelina is born in a calyx. A bumblebee opens the flower and the little one goes on a journey of discovery. She has to hide from a nubile frog in a nut and lands on a water lily leaf. A fish bites through the stem of the leaf. Thumbelina swims down the ...

Das Tintenteufelchen (1957)

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 butterflies. Meanwhile, a little ink devil forms at the tip of the quill and gets up to all sorts of mischief. ...

Alarm at the Puppet Theater (1960)

Kasperle and a group of his puppet friends prepare for his grandmother's birthday-but a little green devil threatens to intervene. He steals the donuts for Kasperle's grandmother, and the other puppets chase him to get them back... ...