The Seven Ravens (German: Die sieben Raben) is a German stop motion-animated fairy tale film directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on 2 December 1937. The film is notable for being an animated feature film based on a Grimms' fairy tales story which premiered only a few weeks before Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In that respect it is often cited as one of the first animated feature films.[1][2]
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Directed by | Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl |
Screenplay by | Paul Diehl |
Based on | The Seven Ravens by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm |
Produced by | Puppentrickfilm |
Cinematography | Alfonse Lufteck |
Music by | Walter Pepper |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
The plot is based on the fairy tale of the same name which was written by the Brothers Grimm.
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