{"product_id":"defa-fairy-tales-deluxe-limited-edition-deaf-crocodile-blu-ray","title":"DEFA Fairy Tales - Deluxe Limited Edition Deaf Crocodile - Blu-ray","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"products__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message-content  js-messageContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message-userContent lbContainer js-lbContainer\" data-lb-id=\"post-2606761\" data-lb-caption-desc=\"paulboland · Jul 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"message-body js-selectToQuote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-selectToQuoteEnd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"sbgnli-hjkn5l-31si1m-l1tce3\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" class=\"celwidget flavor-3399\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"a-row feature\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\" id=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"ucpysg-y9p8up-hv4dyk-fv7ksc\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"a-row feature\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"5bwtsr-i61hmf-3e12gs-7x5tum\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" class=\"a-row feature\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"xxprm-s4s00z-oqs77l-vtx3fj\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"productDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row feature\" id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\" id=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-template--18465910325292__details\" class=\"shopify-section cc-product-details product-details section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container reading-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"panel-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-0\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--18465910325292__featured_collection_cWwNYa\" class=\"shopify-section cc-featured-collection cc-product-card-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section__header items-center flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-x-theme\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"products__attributes\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--19600362340396__featured_collection_MAfhf6\" class=\"shopify-section cc-featured-collection cc-product-card-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section__header items-center flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-x-theme\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full text-body py-2 mt-4 border-y border-neutral-500\" data-astro-cid-o4mlbpkd=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Sid \u0026amp; Marty Krofft Saturday morning kiddie psychedelia, part sturdy Socialist moralizing, the Märchenfilme were one of DEFA’s most popular genres from the 1950s to 1970s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTalking Flowers, Magic Bears and a Devil with Golden Hair:  DEFA Fairy Tale Films\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe wildly surreal, music- and color-saturated world of fairy tale films or Märchenfilme from East Germany’s DEFA Studios are one of the great, still-overlooked subgenres in world fantasy filmmaking.   Part Sid \u0026amp; Marty Krofft Saturday morning kiddie psychedelia, part sturdy Socialist moralizing, the Märchenfilme were one of DEFA’s most popular genres from the 1950s to 1970s.  We’re thrilled to collaborate again with the DEFA Film Library at the Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst on this first-ever Blu-ray release of five of their best fairy tale gems:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSNOW WHITE (SCHNEEWITTCHEN) – 1961, 63 min., dir. Gottfried Kolditz.  This lovely live-action version of the classic Bros. Grimm tale is in many ways the prototypical DEFA fairy tale film, with Doris Weikowradiating storybook charm as Snow White.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (ROTKÄPPCHEN) – 1962, 72 min., dir. Götz Friedrich.  Red Riding Hood (Blanche Kommerell) faces off against some of the mangiest and most terrifying forest creatures ever conceived, including The Big Bad Wolf (Werner Dissel) — basically an American Werewolf in East Germany.  Sure to give your 6-year old self nightmares for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMOTHER HULDA (FRAU HOLLE) – 1963, 57 min., dir. Gottfried Kolditz.  Lazy daughter Pechmarie (Katharina Lind) and hardworking stepdaughter Goldmarie (Karin Ugowski vie for the approval of magical Frau Holle, who lives in an insanely artificial Pee Wee’s Playhouse-meets-Lidsville underground world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTHE DEVIL’S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS (WER REIßT DENN GLEICH VOR’M TEUFEL AUS)  – 1977, 92 min., dir. Egon Schlegel.  Crazy fantasy\/comedy about a clumsy young man (Hans-Joachim Frank), who is forced to rob three hairs from the Devil (Dieter Franke). The Devil’s psychedelic lair with shrunken heads and gruesome Halloween décor must be seen to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED (SCHNEEWEIßCHEN UND ROSENROT) – 1979, 70 min., dir. Siegfried Hartmann.  Excellent fantasy \/ fairy tale about peasant girls Snow White (Julie Juristová) and Rose-Red (Katrin Martin) trying to outwit an enraged dwarf (Hans-Peter Minetti) guarding a jewel-filled mine. Would make a good double bill with HANSEL \u0026amp; GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAll films in German with English subtitles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eNew video interview with comics artist (Swamp Thing), film historian, and author Stephen R. 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