Gene Deitch Movies

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale

One of Clint Clobber's tenants keeps a seal in his flat. After discovering the seal, Clint goes mad. He then tells his tenant he can't keep Alvin...

Nudnik is strolling through town, getting caught in a mailbox and a garbage truck.

A short adaptation of the book by Helme Heine

Young Roger Windsock loves airplanes. One day Roger discovers he has grown a pair of wings, but is dismayed to find out that he cannot fly.

An anxious man in his forties quits his job and resigns himself to an early death after a supposed heart attack, but his doctor sets him straight.

A rich woman on her way to a costume party thinks Gaston is a babysitter; Gaston thinks he's there to paint her child's picture. Gaston mistakes her...

Things are peaceful in John Doormat's neighborhood until he gets a new neighbor, and the new neighbor comes with a dog that likes to grab and gnaw on...

Nudnik wakes up in a dump yard, and tries to find a job painting the house of a pianist in an expensive neighborhood next to the dump yard.

Johnny Doormat has a domineering, nagging wife. He takes his ire at her out on his office workers. His wife sees him at a tobacco shop and, through...

Two owls discover the secret of peace and happiness and eventually share their secret with all their barnyard friends.

Nudnik experiences trouble with a car.

Cartoon short

Nudnik lives in the Withered Arms Apartments in what appears to be Manhattan. He wakes from his chair/bed and eventually escapes. He decides to start...

After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the...

Clint falls in love with a woman who has arrived to the apartment. The combination of love and spring, makes Clint forget about his duties, leading...

Nudnik awakens at a woman's home and bothers both her and her dog throughout the day.

This Cinemascope cartoon features a baby elephant, Sidney, who scoffs and laughs at his jungle friends who want to be captured and lead a life of...

Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down.

Nudnik spends the day at the beach.