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Fine Toys – Made in USA (1969)

Fine Toys – Made in USA (1969)

Animation
Release Date: 1969, October 10
Directors: Günter Rätz
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
Cast: Joachim Tomaschewsky

Overview:

This short puppet-animated film criticizes American toy companies for their militaristic toys and marketing which fosters politically aggressive attitudes. Catalogues and building sets made by the American toy companies Aurora and Lindberg report on the ways they are misused for imperialist manipulation. The film particularly emphasizes the rehabilitation and propagation of the German imperialist military tradition, which is seen as responsible for destroying humanistic viewpoints and replacing them with perverted and sadistic attitudes towards humanity.