''The Seven Ravens'' (german: Die sieben Raben) is a German stop motion-animated fairy tale film directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on 2 December 1937. The film is notable for being an animated feature film based on a Grimms' fairy tales story which premiered only a few weeks before Walt Disney's '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. In that respect it is often cited as one of the first animated feature films.

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The plot is based on the fairy tale of the same name which was written by the Brothers Grimm.

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* * * (contains some incorrect information) 1937 films 1937 animated films 1930s children's fantasy films German black-and-white films Films based on Grimms' Fairy Tales Films of Nazi Germany German animated films German children's fantasy films 1930s German-language films 1930s stop-motion animated films Animated feature films Films about birds Films based on fairy tales 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub

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