The Battle for Miggershausen

The Battle for Miggershausen

January 24, 1937
13 minutes
Georg Woelz
Animation

Overview

This technically quite well-made cartoon from pre-war Nazi Germany is a commercial (or propaganda piece) for Volksempfänger ("people's receiver"), inexpensive radios. First we see agricultural statistics: the far-away village of Miggershausen is quite below standards in milk and egg production. An anthropomorphic radio undertakes the long voyage by express train, steam train, hay carriage to Miggershausen to advertise its services. It is not well received. Then, it collects and leads an army of radios to try again. They flood all the farmhouses and seem to be more convincing that way - at day, they spread agricultural knowledge to bring milk and egg production up to standards; later, they just play music and illustrate how various people enjoy various kinds of music.

Movie Details

Release Date

January 24, 1937

Runtime

13 minutes

Director

Georg Woelz

Production Companies

Commerz-Film AG (Berlin)

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