Horst von Möllendorff (26 April 1906 – 17 December 1992
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cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

who was "drafted" to work for the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

animated short Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

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 A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who ...

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'' (; ) is a 1944 Czech animated short film. It was written, animated and directed by a group of Czech cartoonists including Jiří Brdečka, Břetislav Pojar, Stanislav Látal and Jaroslav Doubrava in German-occupied Pra ...

'' (''Wedding in the Coral Sea''), 1945

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Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
* 1906 births 1992 deaths German Nazi propagandists German animators German comics artists German animated film directors German propaganda film directors {{Germany-artist-stub