die fliegende Windmühle
the flying windmill
Ashamed of her bad grades at school Olli runs away from home. Joined by Pinkus the dog and Alexander the horse, the youngster stumbles across a grumpy professor in an old windmill. The latter is working on a mysterious machine which abruptly elevates the mill, inhabitants included, into space. Having survived the adventure and returned to planet earth Olli has learned one lesson: that she is able to overcome difficulties. Originally written by Günther Feustel, the story was brought to life using puppet animation and possesses a rarely witnessed handmade charm.
35 mm | Farbe / colour
Günter Rätz
Helmut May
Heinz Kaiser
Gottfried Reinhardt, Horst J.Tappert, Alexander Reimann
Arndt Bause
Animation: Günther Rätz, Alexander Reimann
Sprecher: Evelyn Opoczynski, Käthe Reichel, Volkmar Kleinert, Achim Petri, Peter Groeger
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Günter Rätz - – born 1935 in Berlin. Worked as a puppeteer before taking up employment at the DEFA studio in 1955. Has scripted and directed more than 60 animated puppet films. Achieved international recognition with the short film series Filopat und Patafil.
PETER UND DER WOLF (1973)
LEBEN UND THATEN DES BERÜHMTEN RITTERS SCHNAPPHAHNSKI (1978)
DIE FLIEGENDE WINDMÜHLE (1981)
DIE FLUCHT ZU DEN PINGUINEN (1985)
DIE WEIHNACHTSGANS AUGUSTE (1985)
DIE SPUR FÜHRT ZUM SILBERSEE (1990)