The Seven Ravens

The Seven Ravens (1937)

Die sieben Raben

When a young girl finds out that, due to her existence, her seven brothers are struck by a curse and have to live their lives as ravens, she goes out in a quest to find them. Considered to be the first German feature length stop motion film.

Date of release
1937-12-02
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (9)
Runtime
53m
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama, Family
Director
Ferdinand Diehl, Hermann Diehl

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Seven Ravens

The Seven Ravens 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 Grimm brothers' fairy tale of the same name, premiering 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.

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