(Als es noch Wassermänner gab...)

Content: A film using the famous stop-motion technique well known from the Sandmännchen. It's based on a Sorbic tale of young Hanka who lives in a village. She is very beautiful and does not work. Secretly in love with Jan, she turns down all other men trying to marry her. Jan, however, is poor, so she turns him down. Jan asks the Water Spirit for help. The spirit proposes to Jana but then shows her that Jan is the right guy for her.

Countries:

East Germany,

Germany

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

26 minutes

Year:

1991

Directors:

Johannes Hempel

Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Actors:

(voice)

(voice)

Crews:

Editor

Writer

Music

Director

Director of Photography