The Seven Ravens (film)

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The Seven Ravens

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Directed by Ferdinand Diehl
Hermann Diehl
Produced by Puppentrickfilm
Written by Paul Diehl
Jacob Grimm (story)
Wilhelm Grimm (story)
Music by Walter Pepper
Cinematography Alfonse Lufteck
Release date(s) Dec. 2, 1937 (Germany)
Apr. 2, 1953 (USA)
Running time 53 min
Country Germany
Language German
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The Seven Ravens (German: Die sieben Raben) is a German stop motion-animated film that was directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on December 2, 1937, and was the eighth animated feature film to ever be released (Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the ninth). It was also the third to use puppet animation, behind The New Gulliver (1935) and The Tale of the Fox (released in Germany seven months earlier).

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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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