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Brazey & D'Bruppy

August 2024 •English

Brazey and D'Bruppy reconvene in a park after a period of time apart.

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Nutcracker

December 2009 •German

On Christmas Eve, the parents of Clara and Fritz have invited guests. Among them is Clara’s godfather Drosselmeyer, who presents her with a nutcracker. Clara is delighted and finally falls asleep with her Christmas present tucked under her arm. But at midnight Drosselmeyer appears as a wizard and transforms the Nutcracker into a prince.

The Spirit of Christmas

December 1953 •English

This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania viewing region, was produced by puppeteer Mabel Beaton and her husband Les for Bell Telephone Company and first aired in 1953. Following a short live-action opening portion, featured are two extended marionette segments, the first dramatizing Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", the second reverently telling the Nativity story; the two stories are staged in classic, traditional style. From 1953 onward, for several years, The Spirit of Christmas was broadcast in the intended region multiple times per holiday season. It was also available as a 16mm film licensed to schools for showings to students. This film often is misstated to have originally been broadcast in 1950.

Ramayana

January 1942 •Japanese

Ravana, while dancing with animals, kidnaps Sita from Rama, and returns to Lanka to hide as Lankapura burns.

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

January 1994 •German

The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her. Together with the bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino enters Sarastro's realm to seek her. When he finds her, the two fall in love, but they have to have to undergo ordeals before they can be together. At the end, Papageno is also rewarded with his Papagena.

A Puff Before Dying

March 2021 •English

A wild night of drugs and drugged up driving ends in tragedy for three teenage girls that happen to be marionettes.

Arc

March 2009 •Hungarian

Augsburger Puppenkiste - Eine Woche voller Samstage

July 1977 •German

Mr. Taschenbier, who had previously led a rather unremarkable and monotonous life, becomes suspicious when a big thunderstorm suddenly appears on Thursday. After all, the sun had shone on the previous Sunday, Mr. Mon visited him on Monday, and on Tuesday he was on duty as usual. That would be so far admittedly still nothing special, just as little the middle of the week on Wednesday. On Thursday, however, there is thunder. And when Mr. Taschenbier then also has Friday off, he goes into town on Saturday, curious about what might await him. In fact, he encounters a creature that none of the other passers-by can make sense of. Only he logically suspects that it must be a "Sams".

Rumpelstiltskin

November 1949 •English

Marionette puppet version of the tale about a little man who grants a miller's daughter the gift of spinning straw into gold.

Pinocchio

December 1968 •English

Pinocchio is a musical version of the story that aired in the United States on NBC, with pop star Peter Noone playing the puppet.

Danny's Dental Date

January 1949 •English

Danny is having some anxiety about his upcoming dentist appointment, culminating in an educational nightmare in which he is a wooden marionette and lectured by animals about his teeth.

Pinocchio in Outer Space

December 1965 •English

Pinocchio tries to save the Earth from Astro the Space Whale

Puppetry (String Marionettes)

January 1947 •English

Describes the making of a puppet in detail from the carving of the head to the fitting of the strings. Close-ups show how the movements of the various limbs are achieved and finally the film portrays a brief episode in the story of Hansel and Gretel.

The Ring of the Nibelung: The tetralogy in one single evening with actors and marionettes

August 2013 •English

Staged by the Salzburger Marionettentheater. Wagner's great epic condensed into two hours — compact, humorous and very exciting! Marionettes encounter actors and take us into a time tunnel of mythological entanglements.

Star Fleet: The Thalian Space Wars

January 1983 •English

An English language, feature-length version of the Japanese marionette series 'Ekkusu bonbâ'. As the year 3000 approaches, a war-torn Solar System is invaded by the Imperial Alliance. The experimental X Bomber spacecraft with its young crew must defend the galaxy.

Filmed in Supermarionation

October 2014 •English

The definitive documentary about the iconic television series developed by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their production companies (AP Films and Century 21 Pictures). Supermarionation was a revolutionary technique used in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray, Captain Scarlet and, most famously, Thunderbirds.

Redgey

December 2023 •English

An orphaned raccoon happens to have a unique talent.

The Double Life of Véronique

May 1991 •French

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

Augsburger Puppenkiste - Geschichten aus Holleschitz

July 1976 •German

Ch’l’eintailleu

September 2014 •English

Prelude to a portrait of Jean-Pierre Facquier, ch’l’eintailleu (wood carver) in the Saint-Leu district of Amiens: a free mind self-removed from social determinism, who gives new life to wood through constant dialogue, both with nature and his alter ego, the puppet Lafleur..