Wolf und Füchsin (1951)

Directed by

Jan Hempel

How it feels

This 1951 stop-motion puppet film is based on a Sorbian folktale about a wolf and a fox. It was the first animated film made in East Germany and the first in the Sorbian language. Only fragments of the original survive, and it was screened again in 2025.

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What happens

Wolf und Füchsin (sorbisch Wjelk a liška) ist ein Puppentrickfilm von Johannes Hempel von 1951. Er war der erste Trickfilm in der DDR und der erste sorbische Trickfilm. Er ist nur in Fragmenten erhalten und wurde 2025 wieder aufgeführt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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