The Singing Ringing Tree

The Singing Ringing Tree (1957)

Das singende, klingende Bäumchen

The magical tale that haunted the dreams of a generation...

A brave prince must seek the fabled singing, ringing tree in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess.

Date of release
1957-12-13
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Fantasy, Family
Director
Francesco Stefani

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Babelsberg Studio

The Singing Ringing Tree is a 1957 children's fantasy film from East German studio DEFA. The film is directed by Francesco Stefani, with the screenplay by Anne Geelhaar.

Production

The film was shot in colour entirely in the studio in Potsdam, Brandenburg, East Germany. Set designer Erich Zander created a fairytale world that, with its deliberate artificiality, contrasts sharply with reality and dispenses with any historical elements. Special effects specialist Ernst Kunstmann created the special effects, particularly the many transformations within the film.

There was later confusion as to whether the actor who played the dwarf was named Richard Krüger and died in Strasbourg, or was Hermann Emmrich who died in 1995 and is buried in Prenzlau in north eastern Germany. It is now thought that they were one and the same person.

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