Horst von Möllendorff (26 April 1906 – 17 December 1992
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Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...
s' animated short industry. He was hired as a result of former commercial animator Hans Fischerkoesen not being able to come up with adequate story ideas for his short films. Horst was pulled from his job as a popular Berlin newspaper cartoonist to become a gagman for the animation industry.
Möllendorff received authorship for at least three films:
* '' Verwitterte Melodie'' (''Weather-beaten Melody''), 1942
* '' Der Schneemann'' (''The Snowman''), 1943
* '' Hochzeit im Korallenmeer'' (''Wedding in the Coral Sea''), 1945
References
External links
Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
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1906 births
1992 deaths
Nazi propagandists
German animators
German comics artists
German cartoonists
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