Dumbo

Speaker English, German:

• Timothy Q. Mouse Edward S. Brophy, Andreas Mannkopff
• Stork Sterling Holloway, Wilfried autumn
• Ringmaster Herman Bing, Gerd Holtenau
• Narrator John McLeish, Joachim Pukaß
• Matriarch Verna Felton, Inge Wolff Mountain
• Prissy Sarah Selby, Edith Hancke
• Giggles Dorothy Scott, Inge estate
• Catty Noreen Gammill, Erika Rehhahn
• Jim Crow Cliff Edwards, Hans Nitschke

Dumbo, which was shown in Germany under the title Dumbo the Flying Elephant, is the fourth feature-length animated film the Walt Disney Studios and dates from the year 1941. He is loosely based on the story of the elephant Jumbo. Template was the story of Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939 ) by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. The film received a 1942 Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Song also was nominated for the song " Baby Mine " in the category.

After the two previous Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia did not meet the profit expectations of the studio, they tried to work significantly less costly in Dumbo, which is reflected not least in the relatively short time of the film.

Action

Finally brings the stork Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant, their long-awaited son. She calls him Jumbo Jr., due to its unusually large ears but he is from the other elephants as " Dumbo " ( from the English "dumb ": stupid) mocked. When Dumbo is teased by some children, Mrs. Jumbo wants to protect him and attacks the boy. It is therefore locked in a cage.

A short time later learns Dumbo Timothy the mouse know and becomes friends with her. Timothy ensures that the ringmaster Dumbo makes it the star of his next issue: the little elephant to jump to the top of a big elephant tower. During the performance Dumbo but stumbles over his ears, bringing the tower down.

From now on, Dumbo is only used as an attraction in a clown number: he has to jump out of a burning house in a small bucket of water. The other elephants then decide to Dumbo definitively excluded from their community. To cheer Dumbo, Timothy takes him to his mother, Mrs. Jumbo, so that there is a short -lasting reunion of mother and son. After Dumbo and Timothy to drink from a bucket of water in the recently open a bottle of champagne has fallen, with the celebrated their success the clowns. In a drunken state, the two of pink elephants dream.

The next morning, Dumbo and Timothy are awakened by a crowd of ravens. The two need to realize that they have landed on a tree. For Timothy there's just one explanation: Dumbo must be flown. When the Ravens this assumption initially triggers laughter. But when Timothy told by Dumbo's fate as verstoßenem outsiders, they get a bad conscience. They decide to help Dumbo flying and give him a " magic feather ". Actually succeed Dumbo to fly.

At the next performance Dumbo is now to surprise everyone and fly. With his jump but he loses the alleged magic feather. In the case of Timothy, who sits on Dumbo's hat tried to explain this, that he can fly without the spring. And indeed, the little elephant begins shortly before the fall to fly into the bucket. Now Dumbo 's a star. His mother is released, gets a private circus wagons, Timothy is celebrated Dumbo's manager and the little elephant of them all.

German synchronization

There are two German dubbed versions. The first in 1952 at the German premiere distributed by RKO. In the German dubbed version now always to be heard is the version created on the occasion of the re-release in 1976 by ​​Heinrich Riethmueller.

Awards

Reviews

" A carefully designed and detailed cartoon that tells a deeply sad story basically before he can triumph friendship and charity. Some bodies have too much invested to emotion, which is made ​​up for by playing many funny highlights, such as the formation flight of storks, the bubble of the baby elephant, the elephant ballet, but especially the dream parade of pink elephants. A comparatively small Disney movie, compressed into a moment of glory at ease and draughtsmanship ingenuity. ( A low point, however, is the German synchronization. ). "

" The most magical of all Disney movies. "

" Enchanting, imaginative, energetic. "

" A material, content and style of new animated film produced by Walt Disney. Refreshing entertainment. "

Media

VHS, DVD, Blu -ray

• Dumbo. VHS March 1995.
• Dumbo. (Disney Classics edition, DVD) February 24, 1999.
• Dumbo (Special Collection). Walt Disney Home Video, VHS, 2001.
• Dumbo. Blu -ray, DVD, 2010.
• Dumbo Special Collection. DVD 2011.

Soundtrack

• Walt Disney's Dumbo. Classic Soundtrack Series. Walt Disney Records, Burbank 1997, No. 60949-7.