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The Seven Ravens

1937 · 53 min

A gentle, storybook stop-motion fairy tale that unfolds with patient charm, balancing quiet dread with a warm, reassuring resolution.

Overview: When a young girl finds out that, due to her existence, her seven brothers are struck by a curse and have to live their lives as ravens, she goes out in a quest to find them. Considered to be the first German feature length stop motion film.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
redemption
faith
survival
identity
Places: countryside
fantasy world
single country house
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	2
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, fantasy, drama, family
Directed by: Ferdinand Diehl, Hermann Diehl
Written by: Paul Diehl
Runtime: 53 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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