The Singing Ringing Tree (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) was a children's television programme made by East German studio DEFA in 1957. It was a story in the style of the Brothers Grimm, directed by Francesco Stefani, and broadcast with an English-language voice-over track (not dubbed, however: the original soundtrack was simply faded up and down) by the BBC in the 1960s and 70s.
One reviewer (Roger Thomas at amazon.com) has summed it up thus:
- Imagine a fairy tale conceived by Wagner and directed by Fritz Lang, with nods in the direction of 'The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari' and German expressionism, and you'd be close.
A Radio Times readers' poll in 2004 voted this — children's — programme the 20th spookiest TV show ever.
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