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The Battle for Miggershausen

1937-01-24 de 13m
Animation
This technically quite well-made cartoon from pre-war Nazi Germany is a commercial (or propaganda piece) for Volksempfänger ("people's receiver"), inexpensive radios. First we see agricultural statistics: the far-away village of Miggershausen is quite below standards in milk and egg production. An anthropomorphic radio undertakes the long voyage by express train, steam train, hay carriage to Miggershausen to advertise its services. It is not well received. Then, it collects and leads an army of radios to try again. They flood all the farmhouses and seem to be more convincing that way - at day, they spread agricultural knowledge to bring milk and egg production up to standards; later, they just play music and illustrate how various people enjoy various kinds of music.

Director

Georg Woelz

Idea

Paul Schwärzel

Music

Karl Sezuka

Script

Paul Schwärzel

Art Designer

Georg Woelz

farming nazi propaganda short film

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • Commerz-Film AG (Berlin)