Once upon a time ... (cartoon series)

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Television series
German title There was once …
Original title Il était une fois ...
Country of production FranceFrance France
original language French
Year (s) 1978-2015
length 25 minutes
Episodes 190 in 8 seasons
genre documentary
idea Albert Barillé
First broadcast April 1978 on FR3
German-language
first broadcast		 January 8, 1980 to August 12, 1980 on ZDF

Once upon a time ... ( French Il était une fois ... ; Spanish Érase una vez ... ) is an animated series aimed at children that conveys knowledge . In the period from 1978 to 2015, eight seasons with a total of 190 episodes were broadcast. Each season deals with a specific topic and represents a self-contained series. The idea comes from the film producer Albert Barillé .

Overview

The series includes the following television series:

In addition, Érase una vez… La música (2007) was published in Spain , a book series in 13 volumes, each with a music CD.

Publications

The first six series were broadcast in many languages ​​such as German , English , French, Spanish, Italian , Polish , Dutch and other languages ​​on television or published on DVD .

The series on music was published in Spanish in the form of 13 books, each with a music CD. There is no TV version.

The series Once Upon a Time ... Our Earth deals with the world's problems, including global warming , pollution , droughts , depletion of energy resources, poverty . The children in this series now reflect an age of around 13 to 14 years.

In the most recent series Once Upon a Time ... Solar Impulse , the Solar Impulse project is supported .

Characters

The recurring characters include the maestro or the narrator (dubbed in German by Josef Meinrad ), Adam and Eva, Jumbo, Klotz, das Ekel, Hans and Peter. In various fields of knowledge, especially aimed at children and young people , the series tells in a playful way the history of mankind , about space , interesting facts about life , about America , about various discoveries and inventors , or discoveries in our world, about music and about ours Earth from the perspective of a small group of people. The members always appear as typical representatives of the current or corresponding epoch. Sometimes they also take on the role of a famous person from history, provided that they fit their character. The evil recurring figures all have a red elongated nose as a distinguishing feature.

  • Maestro : The wise old man. He often appears as an inventor, philosopher or consultant and thus represents progress in every era. His distinguishing feature is a long white beard that covers almost his entire body. In the German version of the series, he or his voice also takes on the role of the narrator.
  • Adam : The good one. He often plays the common man. He is brave and has a good character. He has brown hair and is rather slim.
  • Eva : The loving mother and / or companion. She is blonde and a strong woman who often appears as Adam's wife.
  • Jumbo : The strong one. He is Adam's best friend and is always there when he is confronted with physical violence. He has red hair and a strong stature.
  • Klotz : He's not particularly smart, but very irascible and always takes an opposing position to Adam, Jumbo and Co. He only gives in to Jumbo very quickly.
  • The disgust : The little redhead is insidious and often uses Klotz to implement his evil plans.
  • Memory : The clock. It shows the current year and occasionally has to prevent the maestro from making an invention or discovery ahead of time.

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