Verwitterte Melodie

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name = Verwitterte Melodie


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director = Fischerkösen
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writer = Horst von Möllendorff
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music = Lothar Brühne
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runtime = 10 min.
country = flagicon|Germany|Nazi Nazi Germany
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imdb_id = 0178013

Verwitterte Melodie, or Weather-beaten Melody, is a 1943 animated short, made in Nazi Germany. It was written mainly by cartoonist Hans Fischerkoesen, although the sole credits often went to Horst von Möllendorff [http://www.animationjournal.com/abstracts/Moritz.html] . It was animated by Jiri Brdecka in Prague.

The general outline of the plot is of a bee that finds an abandoned phonograph in a meadow.The record, however, is jazz, and the interaction of different species of bugs makes this a subtle criticism of the Nazi ideals.

The technique which was used in this Cartoon with its mirrows and the sounds were, in a technical way, much more modern than the Walt Disney Cartoons from this time.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dKQLUqgB-0 "Verwitterte Melodie" Video on Youtube]