Physical Description
viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents
Optical lyric and shadow plays: the early history of German animation
The march of the cigarettes
Tilo Voss and the development of German sound cartoons
How Walt Disney became Walter Distler: Snow White for greater Germany
Global power for German trickfilm
Puppet films: Starevich, Mecki the hedgehog, the Diehl brothers and Jürgen Clausen, the German "pal"
An animation pioneer with a non-Aryan background: Wolfgang Kaskeline
The phenomenology and psychology of cartoons
Hans Held, troublemaker
Kurt Stordel and Purzel: a self-proclaimed German Walt Disney and his dwarf
Towards a German Disney empire
The futile dream of a German cartoon factory: rise and fall of Deutsche Zeichenfilm G.m.b.H.
Snow man and weather-beaten melody: Hans Fischerkoesen and Horst Von Möllendorff
A surprising underwater cartoon from Prague: wedding at coral sea
Deutsche Wochenshau and the "collaborators" of the Europäischer Zeichenfilm ring
Bavaria, Munchausen and the town musicians of Bremen
Animated maps to hail German victories: Svend Noldan
Classified animation: training the military
The aftermath: the postwar era of German animation
The filmmakers: biographies
Select filmography.
Other Authors/Editors
Storm, J. P.
ISBN
9780786446407
0786446404
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Optical lyric and shadow plays: the early history of German animation -- The march of the cigarettes -- Tilo Voss and the development of German sound cartoons -- How Walt Disney became Walter Distler: Snow White for greater Germany -- Global power for German trickfilm -- Puppet films: Starevich, Mecki the hedgehog, the Diehl brothers and Jürgen Clausen, the German "pal" -- An animation pioneer with a non-Aryan background: Wolfgang Kaskeline -- The phenomenology and psychology of cartoons -- Hans Held, troublemaker -- Kurt Stordel and Purzel: a self-proclaimed German Walt Disney and his dwarf -- Towards a German Disney empire -- The futile dream of a German cartoon factory: rise and fall of Deutsche Zeichenfilm G.m.b.H. -- Snow man and weather-beaten melody: Hans Fischerkoesen and Horst Von Möllendorff -- A surprising underwater cartoon from Prague: wedding at coral sea -- Deutsche Wochenshau and the "collaborators" of the Europäischer Zeichenfilm ring -- Bavaria, Munchausen and the town musicians of Bremen -- Animated maps to hail German victories: Svend Noldan -- Classified animation: training the military -- The aftermath: the postwar era of German animation -- The filmmakers: biographies -- Select filmography.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.