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"Seiltänzer" or "Rope Dance" is a West German 10-minute film from 1986, so it has its 30th anniversary this year. The writer and director is Raimund Krumme and this little animated movie was not only his first work (he was in his mid-30s here), but also his most successful as it won him a German Film Award. I cannot share the praise though. I must say I did see occasional glimpses of creativity, but the style did not appeal to me at all, not only because the animation looks a lot older than 1980s, but also because the plot and story felt fairly strange and bizarre to me. The execution was in a way that, despite creativity, make this film seem dull to audiences I am afraid. At least I can say that I did not care about the characters at all and also that I am not curious about other projects by Krumme. But I can somewhat see that awards bodies would like this film here. I did not though and that's why I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended. If you still want to see it, the good news is that there is no dialogue in here, so you won't need subtitles, even if you don't speak a word German as this one here does not either.
