Bruno J. Böttge

A man meets a yellow dog. They play with one another, and the man turns yellow. This doesn’t please a blue dog. The silhouette films by Bruno J. Böttge continue with and further develop the silhouette films by Lotte Reiniger.

The scissors cut out a little man with huge boxing gloves from black paper. The boy comes to life and is immediately convinced of his punching power. So he grabs the scissors himself and cuts out a huge opponent to demonstrate his strength. He makes a complete fool of himself in the process. It doesn't help that he cuts his opponent smaller and smaller and finally even sticks him down with glue. Although he adorns himself with the laurels of victory at the end, it is clear that he is just a ridiculous paper hero.

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 with the scissors, which created him, he wanders around.

Simple artistic structures, including dots and moving lines, create a story.

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

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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 Prince and falls in love with him. She helps the Prince with her magical powers, protecting him from dangerous obstacles and marriage to a woman he does not love.

A poor woodcutter lived in the forest with his daughters Katrin and Else. Else was quarrelsome and lazy, Katrin was hard-working and good to people and animals. That is why the bear, the hare, the squirrel and the raven wanted to lead her to the forest house so that she could rescue the prince, who had been enchanted into an ancient man. Unfortunately, through unfortunate circumstances, the quarrelsome Else ended up in the forest house. Because she was lazy and unkind to the man and his animals, she was unable to redeem him and was punished. Only when the animals managed to escort Katrin into the forest house could everything be brought to a good end.

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In the courtyard of a royal castle stands a well from which the residents must fetch their water. The king is very displeased by this; what annoys him most is the farmhand Hans, who appears at the well every day, whistling a cheerful tune. The princess likes the tune and asks Hans to teach it to her. This drives the king’s anger to a fever pitch.

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Once upon a time there was a goat mother who imprinted her seven little goats on her mind not to open the door for anyone until she was there. But as soon as she had left the house, the evil wolf came and tried to move the seven with cunning and treachery to open the door.

East German animation movie about an overweight pasha.

A graphic fairy tale movie about the adventures of four friends - a donkey, a dog, a rooster and a cat - who deal with an evil master and robbers.

A hard-hearted nobleman chases away all of his aged servants. Only one thresher manages to stay in service. However, he cannot do the required work without outside help. He receives help from an old, frail journeyman who only asks the nobleman for what he can carry on his back. The newly hired servant turns out to be the devil, who of course completes the work in no time at all and carries the entire harvest away on his back, along with the bull and the nobleman.

Silhouette animated short about a boy who learns the value of hard work over wishing.

The girl Sarina lives in Tajikistan with her father. When her father becomes seriously ill, Sarina sets off on a dangerous journey to get herbs for him. Rare herbs that are guarded by a three-headed monster. And she manages to do what no one before her has managed!

A couple of good friends find a bottle containing a little devil. The devil manages to trick the naive friends to release him. As a result, several accidents occur in the small town before the devil can be re-captured.