The Tailor of Ulm

Dammbeck made this film a reference to the myth of Icarus and a metaphor for failure hope and human exploration at the invitation of the legendary animator Kurt Weiler Its the first example of Dammbecks experimental grotesque surrealistic style of animation The idea of flying which Dammbeck uses here for the first time will reappear continuously in his next films THE TAILOR OF ULM established Dammbecks reputation among East German animation directors