The Tale of the Fox

The Tale of the Fox French Le Roman de Renard , German Reinecke Fuchs was stopmotion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevichs first fully animated feature film. The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18month period 19291930, there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film. Finally, funding was given for a German soundtrack by the UFA Goethe had written a classic version of the Renard legend and this version had its premiere in Berlin in April 1937.

In the kingdom of animals, the fox Renard is used to tricking and fooling everyone. Consequently, the King a lion, receives more and more complaints. Finally, he orders Renard to be arrested and brought before the throne.

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