The flying windmill
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The flying windmill |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1982 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Günter Rätz |
| script | Günter Rätz |
| production | Helga Kurth |
| music | Arndt Bause |
| camera | Helmut May |
| cut | Renate Ritter |
The Flying Windmill is a puppet film of the DEFA in 1981 on the eponymous children's book by Günther Feustel and was first performed on April 6 1,982th
action
The girl Olli is ashamed of her bad school report and runs away from home. With her friends, the dog Pinkus and the imaginary horse Alexander, she escapes from a rain shower in an old windmill . There lives a strange professor who works under the roof of the windmill on a machine that draws its energy from crystals. The maternal crocodile Susi lives with him. When the impulsive Olli throws a whole handful of crystals into the machine in anger, it develops such a force that the windmill takes off and flies into space .
The involuntary cosmonauts quickly learn to control the windmill in space and experience adventures on different planets.
A volcanic fog confuses travelers' senses on a lifeless stone planet.
On a mini-planet that keeps jerking suddenly, they discover strange mirror-egg plants. However, a seed of this plant planted in a flower pot causes the windmill to crash due to its extreme growth.
After the emergency landing on a water planet, they encounter small, friendly creatures that look like frogs. The travelers help them by clogging a dangerous volcanic vent with the extraterrestrial tendrils.
After the successful return to earth, Olli's anger is gone. She decides to become a volcano engineer.
criticism
"Based on American film templates, but with its original ideas an exciting pleasure for children."
Foundlings Prize 1983 in the animated films section.
production
The film was made as a puppet animation over a period of three years in the VEB DEFA studio for animated films in Dresden . The animation in the stop-motion process was partially supported by drawings, e.g. B. Clouds of fog added.
Speakers were Käthe Reichel , Evelyn Opoczynski , Peter Groeger , Volkmar Kleinert and Achim Petry .