The duckling nobody wanted, animated with East German melancholy and surprising tenderness.
Direction
Rarisch's restrained hand lets ugliness feel achingly real.
Production
DEFA studio's limited resources become artistic virtue.
Director
Ina Rarisch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DEFA's animation division often smuggled subversive individualism into state-approved children's fare; this tale of outcast transformation resonated differently in divided Germany.
Carmen-Maja Antoni recorded narration in a single session, reportedly weeping between takes despite the clinical final performance.
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