The Seven Ravens (1937 film)
The Seven Ravens (German: Die sieben Raben) is a German stop motion-animated fairy tale film directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on 2 December 1937. The film is notable for being an animated feature film based on a Grimms' fairy tales story which premiered only a few weeks before Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In that respect it is often cited as one of the first animated feature films.[1][2]
| The Seven Ravens | |
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| Directed by | Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl |
| Produced by | Puppentrickfilm |
| Screenplay by | Paul Diehl |
| Based on | The Seven Ravens by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm |
| Music by | Walter Pepper |
| Cinematography | Alfonse Lufteck |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot
The plot is based on the fairy tale of the same name which was written by the Brothers Grimm.
See also
- List of stop-motion films
- List of animated feature-length films
Sources
- "Walt Disney".
- Dobson, Nichola; Roe, Annabelle Honess; Ratelle, Amy; Ruddell, Caroline (2018-10-18). The Animation Studies Reader. ISBN 9781501332630.
External links
- The Seven Ravens at IMDb
- Die Sieben Raben at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Seven Ravens at AllMovie (contains some incorrect information)
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