Films pour enfants

Les Musiciens de Brême

Film for young children based on a popular tale

A children's tale in animated painting.

Synopsis

A donkey runs away and meets a dog, a cat and a rooster on his way; together they will discover the house of thieves.

Les Musiciens de Brême
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Les Musiciens de Brême © Université des arts de Tokyo

Commentary on the film

Colorful images and magnificent animated paintings to rediscover the famous tale of the Brothers Grimm. Why not tell the traditional story with the children while watching the short film?

Questions about the film

Understand the story, the theme, express your sensitivity and exercise your critical thinking.
This short film is an adaptation of the tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm “The Musicians of Bremen”.
The animation was made from hand-painted and then cut-out drawings.
1-Do you know the story?
The Bremen Musicians (1819) is a tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
“A master gets rid of his donkey. The donkey is sad and dreams of music. They meet a dog, a cat and a rooster. These animals have the same dream as him and they leave together. When night falls, they seek shelter. There are bandits in this shelter. The animals scare them away with their cries and settle down after having eaten well. The bandits return but the animals scare them away again. They move into the house. »
(more information with the activity: Around the tale)
This adaptation will be an opportunity for a comparison with the original tale.

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Created with the support of the French Ministry of Education and the French National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC).

Watching the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.

▸ Around the tale (English) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Aurélie Moriceau from the Maikresse 72 blog based on the film The Musicians of Brême.
▸ Around instruments (Music education) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Aurélie Moriceau from the Maikresse 72 blog based on the film The Musicians of Brême.

Interviews

TitleLes Musiciens de Brême

ThemeTraditional Tale

Genre & keywordsAnimals, Animated painting, Friendship

Recommended age3 years old

Duration3 min 38 s

DirectorMasataka Hiroyasu

ProductionUniversité des arts de Tokyo

Year of production2012

Country of productionJapan

MusicYumeko Miyamoto

Sound designErina Sano

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