Heinz Nagel

Musikalische Arabesken: Humoreske

Heinz Nagel

This short animation film, which is part of the series Musikalische Arabesken (Musical Arabesks), is a colorful and expressionistic interpretation of Antonin Dvorák’s Humoresque played in a modern version by the Jo Kurzweg Orchestra.

Die große Reise des kleinen Elefanten

Heinz Nagel

Gina Presgott, Genia Lapuhs

Ein stachliges Vergnügen

Heinz Nagel

Katja Kuhl

The little, prickly hegdehog is very sad. Nobody wants to dance with him because of his prickly spikes. So he decides to go to the hairdresser and get a curly hairdo. Although he looks very pretty, he is not able to protect himself. When the fox tries to catch him, his friends save him.

Musikalische Arabesken: Dixie-Linien

Heinz Nagel

Second of four "musical arabesks".

A kid's animation special - DEFA children's animation film without words

Monika Anderson, Lutz Dammbeck

THis program for young viewers includes eight short films produced with different animation techniques by the DEFA Studio for Animaion Film in Dresden.

Musikalische Arabesken: Träumerei

Heinz Nagel

The animator uses expressionistic drawings for a filmic adaptation of Robert Schumann’s delightful and famous piece Dreaming, the composer’s well-known piece from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood).

Vom Fröschlein und seinem Reifen

Heinz Nagel

A little frog jumps out of the pond and wants to see the world. He is excited about new discoveries, not yet knowning about the danger of the stork. He almost gets eaten by the stork, but the frog saves himself at the last minute.

Musikalische Arabesken: Suite

Heinz Nagel

This short film is an animated interpretation of the Suite No. 4 by the music ensemble Bayon, which was founded in East Germany in 1971. Bayon’s music is a unique combination of Khmer pentatonic music with elements of classical, jazz and rock.