A brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her. The bells of the apple tree inspired by the singing ringing tree pikoul sisters. The singing ringing tree is a childrens film made by east german studio defa in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the bbc. It was shot entirely in the studio using technicolor cranked up. The film is reminiscent of the fairy tales, by the. What makes the film especially creepy is the hysterical artificiality of the production. And i have to disagree with mr bear, she didnt look ugly at all, in fact, the kinder she becomes, the more. It is a story written by anne geelhaar based on a variation of hurleburlebutz by the brothers grimm 1 2, directed by francesco stefani. The singing ringing tree is a musical sculpture situated at crown point above the town of burnley, lancashire, united kingdom.
This is the singing ringing tree trailer by cannonball roarers on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The east german film industry was a prolific entertainmentpropaganda machine, the stateowned film studio defa producing some 900 films. The film was called the singing ringing tree, and none of those children could have known that they were watching a film that was the product. Singing, ringing tree spoof by the fast show youtube. It is one of a series of panopticons in the lancashire pennine hills. Ahh, remember the good old days, when short people were always portrayed as villans. The singing ringing tree is clearly in the brothers grimm style but is not. The pipes swirl to form the shape of a tree bent and blown by the wind, and produce an eerie, melodious hum as the constant wind on crown point drifts through them.