The Goddess of Spring

The Rape of the Goddess of Spring (Original Title: The Goddess of Spring ) is an animated film the Walt Disney Company from 1934 It is the first Disney movie in which people are drawn realistically, and is considered a feasibility study for the animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (1937 ).

Action

The story of the rape of the goddess of spring based on the myth of Persephone. Pluto, the god of the underworld, abducted Persephone, the goddess of spring, to his kingdom. Without their presence, the eternal spring of the upper world transforms into a snowy winter. Persephone is not happy in the underworld. Pluto and Persephone agree that Persephone will spend in the future half the year in the top, the other half in the underworld. Through your return to the upper world of winter gives way to spring. The constant change of Persephone between the worlds explains the course of the seasons.

Formation

The Rape of the goddess of spring is part of the resulting 1929-1939 Silly Symphonies series. The Silly Symphonies had no fixed main characters and served as a testing ground for the further development of the manufacturing process, the art, the traders and the screenplays. As the artist at Disney in 1934 had no experience with representation lifelike people, Walt Disney commissioned in the summer the director Wilfried Jackson and the artist Les Clark and Hamilton Luske with the development of Silly Symphonies episode Rape of the goddess of spring, in the human lifelike shown should play the lead roles.

Publication and Review

The film was officially released on November 3, 1934, and celebrated the opening act of We Live Again on November 1 in New York and on November 22 in Los Angeles Premiere. The attempt by the lifelike representation of people turned out to be dismal failure. The facial features of Persephone wander over her face while dancing swing their arms and legs as algae in the flow. In German-speaking countries was The Rape of the goddess of spring 1987 on video under the title Crazy Musicians, published together with nine other short films from the Silly Symphonies - series. In Episode 29 of the television show adventure with Mickey and Donald Super RTL Rape of the goddess of spring was broadcast.

Related to Snow White

Walt Disney never said directly that The Rape of the goddess of spring was a feasibility study for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Some scenes from The Rape of the goddess of spring can be found in more mature form in Snow White again. This includes dressing of Persephone and Snow by birds, the dramatic, operatic vocal scenes and the actions of Pluto, which was acquired for the witch.