Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt | |
Studio: | Zeichenfilm GmbH |
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Country: | Germany |
Language: | German |
Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt ("Of the little tree which wished for different leaves") is a short anti-Semitic propaganda cartoon produced in 1940 in the Fascist German movie studio Zeichenfilm GmbH.
The film depicts a golden tree inhabited by little birds, whose leaves (all but one) are stolen by a caricature of a Jewish man: Aber wie es Abend ward, ging der Jude durch den Wald, er steckt sie ein, geht eilends fort und lässt das leere Bäumlein dort...[1]
The cartoon is based on a poem by Friedrich Rückert of the same name. It was produced by Hubert Schonger and directed by Heinz Tischmeyer.[2] [3]
Rückert's poem begins,
Es ist ein Bäumlein gestanden im Wald
In gutem und schlechtem Wetter [4]
A little tree stood in the forest
In good and bad weather