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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 suitcase that can be used to fly.
A raven wishes to be an eagle and he imitates the proud bird. But when the eagle is punished because he killed a sheep, the raven has second thoughts.
Caliph Harun al-Rashid was turned into a stork by a power-greedy rival. Only with the help of his wise vizier and a beautiful princess is he able to escape the spell. Based on a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff.
Leontes, king of Sicily, tries to convince his friend Polyxenes, king of Bohemia, to stay longer as his guest. But only Hermione, Leontes' wife, can talk Polyxenes into not leaving. Leontes gets suspicious. Is his wife having an affair with his friend? Leontes tries to find out about it...
Everything started with a forbidden apple. The independent and intellectual man is responsible for continuous progress. But when profit-greedy people use his new inventions to exploit others a revolution starts because people want to create their Garden of Eden here and now.
A conversation between King Pyrrhus and Kineas about the increasingly terrible campaigns of conquest is illustrated. When world domination is achieved, the earth will be a deserted wasteland, with only Pyrrhus and Kineas remaining. They wonder what they will do then.
In a western country, the police are on the lookout for a counterfeit money gang. During the closure of a brothel, the small inspector of the vice squad receives a reliable tip. The chief of police wants to take credit for the success and leads the bust of the counterfeiters. While he celebrates his success, the little detective gets into an almost ruined bank with a piece of counterfeit money he has captured by chance and becomes a rich man in high society.
Agathopulus loves his luxurious life. He does not want to be bothered with helping to rebuild a destroyed city. Instead, he invents machines and rationalizes the work flow. Although he is celebrated as a hero against his will, he has to escape.
A little beetle plans to take revenge on an eagle family for killing his friends. Although the eagle family teams up with the powerful Zeus, the little beetle finds a cunning way to fight them.
Animated short film
One morning, a tailor was sitting at the window sewing. A shopkeeper came by and loudly offered plum jam for sale. The little tailor spent his last penny to treat himself. But the sweet smell of plum jam attracted a lot of flies, and when the tailor struck, seven fell by the wayside. This deed seemed so remarkable to the little tailor that he made himself a belt on which it was written that he had killed seven in one go.
In view of the rapidly advancing development of technology, the film draws attention to the fact that people will not be able to manage without knowledge and skills. A boy breaks into a computer station and, by operating it incorrectly, causes chaos at an agricultural production cooperative.
Duke Heinrich von Libnitz wins a knightly drink competition in 1472. However, the last barrel he drinks costs him his entire estate. So he has to look for new property! Heinrich looks into the Kingdom of Poland, known for a beautiful princess and a huge wine cellar, and he decides to become the king of Poland. But his adventurous mission ends up on a dunghill instead of the throne.
Karl, Katrinchen and Spatz are visiting their grandmother every christmas. The small village is covered up by snow and so the three kids build a snowman. When they look at it the next morning, his nose - a carrot - is gone. The kids give the snowman a new nose and stay up late that day to look out for the thief.
In this short educational animation film a gunslinger who cries at the funeral of his victims is arrested by the sheriff.He sneezes, the pathogens are spread and there is a chain reaction among the inhabitants of the town.
The lion, wolf and fox use modern technologies for producing their food instead of traditional hunting methods. They set up a farm where they fatten up animals and produce prepared meals with the latest technology. One day, the oppressed animals, tired of what is going on, set up their own state and stand up against their dangerous predators.
Nörgel is on his way home from the Leipzig market. He is exhausted from the trade business using animals as an exchange. There should be an easier way than using animals... What about small and large coins made of gold? Part three of the animation trilogy Nörgel & Sons.
Puppet movie from the German Democratic Republic about the importance of rest.
Although mocked by his collegaues, the dean of Salamanca sets off to find the legendary bird Turlipan.
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