Märchen der Völker

• Animation

• Gustl Weishappel as narrator

Tales of the Nations was a German children's series, directed by Curt Linda in ZDF and finally to PKS (now Sat1 ) was shown from 1978 to 1984. The 39 - part series was first broadcast until 18:40 clock from March 7 up to and including December 12, 1978 every week on Tuesdays at 18:20 clock.

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In this children's series contributions from different European countries are shown in each episode. 37 animators from 21 European countries were responsible for this project. The contributions of the individual countries should be typical in type and style for their respective country of origin.

Episodes

• 25 spindle, shuttle, and needle
• 26 Eeny - Meene -Moo ( Eene Meene Muh / Ene mene muh)
• 27 rabbit and fox
• 28 Peter and the Mermaid (France)
• 29 The black man
• 30 The miraculous grapes
• 31 The snake tongue
• 32 The spring of the Phoenix
• 33 Undine
• 34 The Song of Halewyn
• 35 True happiness (Yugoslavia)
• 36 The Princess and the Goatherd ( Germany )
• 37 The wise fool
• 38 The Mask of Satan (France)

• 39 Christmas animals

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Curt Linda († 2007) was a founder and board member of the German group of the Association internationale du film d'animation, ASIFA short. Linda participated in the mid-1970s on a project of this organization. This represented 37 animated filmmakers from 19 European countries, a total of 39 posts for the series " Tales of the Nations ", which are aired in the Federal Republic of Germany by the TV station ZDF in 1978.

Others

Tales of the Nations was shown after 1984 irregularly in various children's series (eg Rick's trick - animal show ).

The bias was introduced by the phrase " Once upon a time ..." and was a quick succession of many well-known fairy tales, such as the the Frog King, or another sequence, where a fire ball bounces continuously through the image. The intro was a little creepy to be followed today remind many former viewers. This can be seen in the countless forum posts and searches on relevant Internet sites that deal with TV series.

The rights to " Tales of the Nations " are today at ZDF.