Das Säugetier (1917)
- Directed by
- Robert L. Leonard
- Genre
- animated film, silent film, audio-visual advertisement, propaganda film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A German animated short from World War One makes fun of Britain's colonial reach. It shows John Bull turning into a giant squid whose tentacles spread across the world. German forces then attack the squid with submarines, aircraft and an airship.
satiricalpropagandisticcartoonishpoliticalhostilelight-heartedfantasticalquick-paced
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