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4 unusual facts about Augsburger Puppenkiste


Augsburger Puppenkiste

The most famous marionettes like Urmel, Jim Knopf and Kalle Wirsch can be seen in a permanent exhibition.

Worth mentioning are the numerous episodes for the German kids' program Sandmännchen (little sandman) (1962–1982), 'Die Museumsratten' (the museum rats) (1965–1972), 'Ich wünsch' mir was' (I'm wishing for something) (1968–1970), 'Wir Schildbürger' (1972), 'Natur und Technik' (nature and technology) (1972–1976) and Ralphi (2004–2006).

In 1997 “The Story of Monty Spinnerratz”, a film based on the novel “A Rat’s Tale” by the American children’s book author Tor Seidler brought the Augsburger Puppenkiste to the big screen.

KiKa

Augsburger Puppenkiste, a rather old German television programme which had always been on the air on Saturday and Sunday mornings, ceased being broadcast on KiKA for four years but returned to the channel's lineup in April 2008.



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