Thumbelina's Adventure
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Thumbelina is born in a calyx. A bumblebee opens the flower and the little one goes on a journey of discovery. She has to hide from a nubile frog in a nut and lands on a water lily leaf. A fish bites through the stem of the leaf. Thumbelina swims down the stream until she is called to dance by a cockchafer. The dance fails and the beetle pushes her off the leaf into the depths. She falls into a spider's web and onto a dandelion. She sails away with an umbrella of seeds and lands on her calyx again. The autumn storm breaks the flower. Thumbelina finds shelter with a field mouse. There she cares for a sick swallow. The mouse wants to marry Thumbelina off to the mole, but the little girl manages to escape with the help of the swallow. They both fly off to the sunny south.
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Christl Wiemer Director · Hans Wolf Rentzow Writer Rudolf Thomas Writer
First release January 23, 1959 · Produced in XG · Original title Däumelinchens Abenteuer
Production
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
Production
XG
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Original title
Däumelinchens Abenteuer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 23, 1959
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
December 26, 1960 · Theatrical
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