The Bremen Musicians

Film commentary: The Bremen Musicians

Colourful images and magnificent animated paintings to rediscover the famous Grimm brothers' tale.
Why not tell the traditional story with your children while watching the short film?

Interview with the director

Discover the dreamlike world of Masataka Hiroyasu

Questioning the film: The Bremen Musicians

Understand the story, the theme, express your sensibility and exercise your critical thinking skills.

his short film is an adaptation of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's fairy tale "The Bremen Musicians".
The animation was made from hand-painted and cut-out drawings.

1Do you know the fairy tale?
The Bremen Musicians (1819) is a fairy tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
"A master gets rid of his donkey. The donkey is sad and dreams of music. They meet a dog, a cat and a rooster. These animals have the same dream as the donkey and they set off together. When night falls, they look for a shelter. In this shelter, there are robbers. The animals scare them away with their cries and settle down after having eaten well. The robbers come back but the animals scare them away again. They settle in the house"
(more information with the activity: Around the tale)
This adaptation will be an opportunity to compare it with the original tale.

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Created with the support of the Ministry of Education and the CNC.
Viewing of the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.
Around the tale (French) (Cycle 2 and 3)
Educational activities proposed by Aurélie Moriceau from the blog Maikresse 72 based on the film The Bremen Musicians.
Around the instruments (Music education) (Cycle 2 and 3)
Educational activities proposedby Aurélie Moriceau from the blog Maikresse 72based onthe film The Bremen Musicians.

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