Gebrüder Diehl-Filmproduktion

Stop-motion version of the Grimm fairy tale from the Nazi era.

A mouse from the city invites a country mouse to the cellar where it lives to show how much food they have there. But soon the country mouse realizes that there is also a vicious cat sneaking around in this cellar. The lesson of the story: Wealth doesn't mean that you live without worries.

Film adaptation of the folk tale "The Hare and the Hedgehog": A slow but shrewd hedgehog challenges an equally nimble and snooty hare to a race in a field [filmportal].

Mecki Introduces Himself - This stop motion puppet film explains the making of animated shorts featuring the character Mecki.

A early puppet animation by Ferdinand Diehl

At midnight, two elves help a pair of shoemakers in distress by making shoes. They make it a condition that they are not watched. When the cobblers do it anyway and then send them the matching clothes, they stop working but continue to help the cobblers.