Summaries

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes." Hans and Kumpan repeatedly try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical emperor demands they make him new clothes that would 'bring all creatures to their knees'. Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people would be able to see the clothes, so the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing the "invisible clothes" to prove himself clever. Das Kleid was banned for ten years because of its association with the Berlin Wall and the despots surrounded by it.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • foreign language adaptation
  • based on fairy tale
  • reference to euclid
  • reference to pythagoras
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
Release date Feb 8, 1991
Countries of origin East Germany
Language German French
Production companies Deutsche Film (DEFA)

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 28m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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