Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
Cast & Crew
E
Eva d'Bomba
Editor
J
Johannes Hempel
Writer
D
Dieter Kempe
Music
J
Johannes Hempel
Director
F
Frank Mücke
Director of Photography
Als es noch Wassermänner gab...
26 minAnimation
Plot
A film using the famous stop-motion technique well known from the Sandmännchen. It's based on a Sorbic tale of young Hanka who lives in a village. She is very beautiful and does not work. Secretly in love with Jan, she turns down all other men trying to marry her. Jan, however, is poor, so she turns him down. Jan asks the Water Spirit for help. The spirit proposes to Jana but then shows her that Jan is the right guy for her.
