Horst von Möllendorff
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Horst von Möllendorff was a German
cartoonist
who was "drafted" to work for the Nazi
's animated short industry. He was hired as a result of former commercial animator Hans Fischerkoesen
not being able to come up with adequate story ideas for his short films. Horst was pulled from his job as a popular Berlin newspaper cartoonist to become a gagman for the animation industry.
Möllendorff received authorship for at least three films, they include:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
who was "drafted" to work for the Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
's animated short industry. He was hired as a result of former commercial animator Hans Fischerkoesen
Hans Fischerkoesen
Hans Fischerkoesen, also known as Hans Fischerkösen or Hans Fischer, was a German commercial animator. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival Fischerkoesen's film Blick ins Paradies won the Bronze Medal award.- Filmography :* Radau Brüder * Spiel der Wellen *...
not being able to come up with adequate story ideas for his short films. Horst was pulled from his job as a popular Berlin newspaper cartoonist to become a gagman for the animation industry.
Möllendorff received authorship for at least three films, they include:
- Verwitterte MelodieVerwitterte MelodieVerwitterte Melodie, or Weather-beaten Melody, is a 1943 animated short, made in Nazi Germany. It was written mainly by cartoonist Hans Fischerkoesen, although the sole credits often went to Horst von Möllendorff...
- (Weather-beaten Melody) (1942) - Der SchneemannDer SchneemannDer Schneemann, also known as The Snowman, Snowman in July or The Magic Snowman, is a 1944 animated short film, created in Germany under the Nazi regime. It was written by cartoonist Horst von Möllendorff and animated by Hans Fischerkoesen...
- (The Snowman) (1943) - Hochzeit im KorallenmeerHochzeit im KorallenmeerSvatba v korálovém moři is a 1943 Czechoslovak animated short film. It was written, animated and directed by a group of Czech cartoonists including Jiří Brdečka, Jaroslav Kándl, Eduard Hofman, Břetislav Pojar, Václav Bedřich, Stanislav Látal, Jaroslav Doubrava and Josef Kluge in German-occupied...
- (Wedding in the Coral Sea) (1945)