| Verwitterte Melodie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fischerkösen |
| Written by | Horst von Möllendorff |
| Music by | Lothar Brühne |
| Running time | 10 min. |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
Verwitterte Melodie, or Weather-beaten Melody, is a 1943 animated short, made in Nazi Germany. It was written mainly by cartoonist Hans Fischerkoesen, although the sole credits often went to Horst von Möllendorff [1]. It was animated by Jiri Brdecka in Prague.
The general outline of the plot is of a bee that finds an abandoned phonograph in a meadow. The record, however, is jazz, and the interaction of different species of bugs makes this a subtle criticism of Nazi ideals.
The technique which was used in this cartoon with its mirrors and the sounds were, in a technical way, much more modern than the Walt Disney cartoons from this time.