Die Muminfamilie Explained

Country:	West Germany
Num Episodes:	12

Die Muminfamilie (Literally: The Moomin Family) was a West German television series released from 1959 to 1960 that was based on the Moomin books by Tove Jansson.^[1] It was filmed in black and white and broadcast by ARD.^[2] It was notably the first television series ever to be made based on the books. It was also the first TV-series produced by Augsburger Puppenkiste.^[3] In all, 12 episodes were made.

Episodes

Season 1 (Die Muminfamilie) - 1959:

1. Der geheimnisvolle Fund
2. Die Verwandlung
3. Der Urwald
4. Der Ausflug
5. Die Gäste
6. Das große Fest

Season 2 (Sturm im Mumintal) - 1960:

1. Sturm im Mumintal (sometimes seen as a different series from this point)
2. Das Theater
3. Emma
4. Der Wald
5. Die Generalprobe
6. Zu Hause

Home release

The series was released as a part of a DVD box set containing other early children's television series produced in Germany by Augsburger Puppenkiste.^[4]

External links

• Augsburger Puppenkiste
• Die Muminfamilie/Sturm im Mumintal @ fernsehserien.de

Notes and References

1. Book: Otto Brunken, Reiner Wild. Geschichte der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Metzler, 2002. 9783476019028.
2. Book: Wolfgang Görke. Don Juan auf vier Beinen und andere Geschichten. BoD, 2009. 9783837052442.
3. Book: Christoph Schmitt. Adaptionen klassischer Märchen im Kinder- und Familienfernsehen. Haag und Herchen, 1993. 9783892289531. registration.
4. Web site: Augsburger Schatzkiste - (10 DVDs). Amazon.de . 2009-09-09 . 2011-12-09.