#Anne Geelhaar

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The Singing Ringing Tree (1957)

My rating: 5/10

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Some excerpts from Wikipedia to serve as an explanation and warning:

The Singing Ringing Tree (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) is a 1957 children's fantasy film from East German studio DEFA. Directed by Francesco Stefani, the screenplay by Anne Geelhaar is based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm.

The Singing Ringing Tree was theatrically released in East Germany in 1957, where it sold 5,901,141 tickets in the country of about 17 million. The film was then purchased by the BBC and cut into three parts to create a mini-series with an English-language voice-over track where the original soundtrack was simply faded up and down as opposed to being dubbed.

The TV series, partly due to its foreignness as both fairy tale and for the unfamiliarity of its German production, was 'indelibly carved on the psyches' as 'one of the most frightening things ever shown on children's television'. The release of the film on home video also spurred renewed interest. A Radio Times readers' poll in 2004 voted this programme the 20th spookiest TV show ever.

The whole of The Singing Ringing Tree is on YouTube. One day it will go away. I would be a bad person if I did not put up a link now and encourage all of you to watch it. I promise that you will either thank me or spend decades trying to recover.

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Bummi - Weihnachten 1965

Bummi – Weihnachten 1965

Der Bummi, die erste Zeitschrift, mit der DDR-Kinder konfrontiert wurden, wurde seinerzeit viel angeschaut und vorgelesen. Es gab Sammelbände, die die Jahresausgaben enthielten. Einige hatte ich euch schon hier vorgestellt. Einzelhefte sehen heute durch die häufige Benutzung leider meist sehr abgerissen aus. Daher freue ich mich, euch heute dieses Heft zeigen zu können: Der Weihnachtsmann sieht…

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The Singing Ringing Tree by Francesco Stefani.

A film written by Anne Geelhaar, based on a variation of the tale Hurleburlebutz by the Brothers Grimm. 

I watched this today. What a lovely film! :) 

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Hope your Sunday is filled with a little bit of this sort of stuff. @anhourbeforesleep #rescuethatfish ・・・ The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) @davidearp not to terrify you any further... I took out the bear... which I think also appears in The Shinning. xo Directed by Francesco Stefani. A story written by Anne Geelhaar based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm. Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger. The film was shot in colour entirely in the studio in Potsdam, Brandenburg, East Germany. The TV series, partly due to its foreignness as both fairy tale and for the unfamiliarity of its German production,… Hope your Sunday is filled with a little bit of this sort of stuff. anhourbeforesleep #rescuethatfish ・・・ The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) davidearp not to terrify you any further... I took out the bear... which I think also appears in The Shinning. xo Directed by Francesco Stefani. A story written by Anne Geelhaar based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm. Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger. The film was shot in colour entirely in the studio in Potsdam, Brandenburg, East Germany. The TV series, partly due to its foreignness as both fairy tale and for the unfamiliarity of its German production, was 'indelibly carved on the psyches' as 'one of the most frightening things ever shown on children's television'. Hope your Sunday is filled with a little bit of this sort of stuff. @anhourbeforesleep #rescuethatfish ・・・ The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) @davidearp not to terrify you any further... I took out the bear... which I think also appears in The Shinning. xo Directed by Francesco Stefani. A story written by Anne Geelhaar based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm. Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger. The film was shot in colour entirely in the studio in Potsdam, Brandenburg, East Germany. The TV series, partly due to its foreignness as both fairy tale and for the unfamiliarity of its German production,…

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THE SINGING RINGING TREE (1957) Directed by Francesco Stefani with Story by Anne Geelhaar based on "HURLEBURLEBUTZ" by the #BrothersGrimm #BETWEENMIRRORS https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CxpEEHjik/?igshid=88asgemum8ak