Simsala Grimm

Television series
Original title	Simsala Grimm
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1999, 2000, 2010
Production company	Greenlight Media Hahn Film Norddeutscher Rundfunk
length	25 minutes
Episodes	52 in 3 seasons
genre	Fantasy , fairy tale
Director	Gerd Hahn (Overall Director ) Christopher Doyle Jody Gannon (Co-Director) Gary Blatchford (Co-Director) David Incorvala (Co-Director)
idea	André Sikojev Claus Clausen Stefan Beiten
script	Michael girl
production	André Sikojev Claus Clausen Stefan Beiten Nikolaus Weil (Associate Producer)
music	Harry Schnitzler Jens Busch Karsten Sahling
First broadcast	November 1, 1999 on children's channel
synchronization

SimsalaGrimm is a German cartoon series from 1999. The series deals in the respective episodes with various popular fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm , in the third season also fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen , Wilhelm Hauff and Joseph Jacobs .

content

The fairy tales shown have been changed slightly and are told by two main characters, fantasy beings, who support the respective hero of the fairy tale and actively participate in the action. These are the fun-loving rascal Yoyo ("hero of 1000 adventures, since always") and the scientist, doctor, philosopher and bookworm Doc Croc ("called Crocy"). You immerse yourself in the stories with a speaking, flying storybook and experience them.

season 1

• 1. The brave little tailor
• 2. The Thumbnail
• 3. Hansel and Gretel
• 4. The wolf and the seven little goats
• 5. The devil with the three golden hairs
• 6. The six servants
• 7. The master thief
• 8. Rapunzel
• 9. King Thrushbeard
• 10. One who went out to learn to fear
• 11. Rumpelstiltskin
• 12. Puss in Boots
• 13. Little brother and sister

season 2

• 14. The Bremen Town Musicians
• 15. Little Red Riding Hood
• 16. Set the table
• 17. Faithful John
• 18. The crystal ball
• 19. The blue light
• 20. Cinderella
• 21. Snow White
• 22. Sleeping Beauty
• 23. The six swans
• 24. The goose-girl at the fountain (video title: The two princesses)
• 25. The frog prince
• 26. The goose girl

season 3

• 27. Hans and the Beanstalk
• 28. Allerleirauh
• 29. The hare and the hedgehog
• 30. The old sultan
• 31. Mrs. Holle
• 32. The three little pigs
• 33. The four artful brothers
• 34. The wizarding competition
• 35. The nightingale
• 36. Beauty and the Beast
• 37. The shoes that were danced
• 38. Hans in happiness
• 39. The little Muck
• 40. Goldilocks and the three bears
• 41. Aladin and the magic lamp
• 42. Caliph stork
• 43. The drummer
• 44. Snow white and rose red
• 45. The bearskin
• 46. The little mermaid
• 47. Pinocchio
• 48. The Eisenhans
• 49. The emperor's new clothes
• 50. Jorinde and Joringel
• 51. The singing, jumping little lion neck
• 52. The three feathers

Production and publication

The format of the series was designed by the team of authors André Sikojev and Stefan Beiten and produced by Greenlight Media . The animation studio Hahn Film was commissioned with the execution , directed by Gerhard Hahn and Chris Doyle . The co-producing broadcaster was NDR . There were two seasons with a total of 26 episodes.

The first season was seen on television from November 1, 1999 to November 17, 1999 on the children's channel . The second season followed from July 5, 2000 to July 21, 2000. The series, which was produced for international marketing right from the start, has meanwhile been exported to more than 120 countries, according to the production company.

The first season was released on VHS and DVD. 18 of the 26 fairy tales from the series as well as the new fairy tales The Water of Life and The Seven Ravens were created as radio plays . In 2009 the first SimsalaGrimm fairy tale box appeared.

A third season of another 26 episodes was produced by Greenlight Media. The co-producing broadcaster was again NDR , further co-producers were Magma Films in Ireland and Millimages in France.

The German premiere of the third season was from December 2010 in KI.KA to see.

synchronization

role	German speaker	Number of episodes
Yoyo	Hubertus von Lerchenfeld	29
Doc Croc	Jörg Stuttmann	29
teller	Bert Franzke	33
Donkey / ox / wolf / Graf von Greif	Manfred Erdmann	10
Mrs. Wolf / Cat	Angelika Bender	09

Web links

• Official website at kika.de
• SimsalaGrimm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Project page of the production company
• fernsehserien.de about the series

literature

• Daniel Drascek: "SimsalaGrimm". For the adaptation and modernization of the fairytale world . In: Swiss Archives for Folklore . tape 97 , 2001, p. 79-89 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-118086 (full text).