Defa Studio Fur Trickfilme Movies

With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer...

This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.

The little witch is not interested in the basics of magic. She does not want to study at all! But everything changes when she meets the handsome...

For his mockery a witch transforms the pert boy Jacob into an ugly dwarf, but teaches him at the same time how to cook. Jacob quickly becomes a...

A man waits at the side of the motorway with a tow rope, waiting for a car to tow him. Many, many cars go by without stopping until the driver of a...

The film shows a humorous take on moments from the life of Karl Marx over the course of a quarter century.

Two hands prepare a paper cutting... They create a tailor made from black cardboard and let him go into a paper world. He comes alive and together...

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

A young merchant's son spends his entire fortune to be able to throw lavish parties with his cronies. All he has left in the end is an old magic...

The first animated feature film made in East Germany. The people of Shilda were once welcome at the courts of princes all over the world, but back at...

An elegant crowd attends a meeting but, while they listen to the speech, all they really care about is the buffet.