Flitze Feuerzahn


Flitze Feuerzahn was primarily a Radio Play, that was produced from the Radio Play Label Europa in the years 1964 to 1987. The Stories about the little green Dragon come from the pen of Matthias Riehl. There were also some merchandising products such as soft toys, books, notebooks and an animated series.

Content

Flitze Feuerzahn is a Dragon Child, that were left behind by its parents, cause it don't got wings and can only breathe a little fire from one tooth. From then on he lives abandoned in the forest. On one Day he gets to know the Raven Raps, with whom he has many adventures, mostly in the human world.

Cast

The speakers for the radio play series were:
  • Flitze Feuerzahn, the little green dragon - voiced by Eckart Dux.
  • Rabe Raps - voiced by Astrid Kollex.
  • Kapt'n Buddelmann an old sailor and the most important human reference person - voiced by Henning Schlüter.
  • Witwe Kraft, the usually very skeptical, but nevertheless lovable landlady of Captain Digger - voiced by Annemarie Marks-Rocke.
  • Narrator was Hans Paetsch
There are also some recurring characters, such as Jakob and Stefanie, the spa director Sonnenschein, the Dentist Dr. Brückengold the Roebuck Renner the Bunny Hurtig the Ranger Redlich and some others. Usually these are either close friends from the human or animal world. Most of the time, the action takes place in only one of the worlds within an episode. Mixing rarely takes place, although linguistic communication between humans and animals is possible.

Production and Release of the Radio Play

A total of 30 radio play episodes and a special Easter episode, each lasting around 30 minutes, were produced from 1984 onwards.It was directed by Heikedine Körting, the artistic director was Dr. Beurmann. The production of further episodes was stopped in 1988. The series appeared on the radio play label Europa, some episodes were re-released on Dino Music.

Episodes of the Radio Play

  1. Verwirrung im Zoo
  2. Auf Horchposten
  3. Die dicke Backe
  4. In der Falle
  5. Ein heißer Wintertag
  6. Die Geisterstunde
  7. Ausgekocht
  8. In der Geisterbahn
  9. Seemannsgarn
  10. Der Traum vom Fliegen
  11. Gefährliche Reise
  12. Ein Hilferuf
  13. Zwei Räuber im Wald
  14. Sprünge am Heiligabend
  15. Die Tarnkappe
  16. Gestörter Fernsehabend
  17. Der Schatz der Amelungen
  18. Flinke Pfleger
  19. Du armer Wolf
  20. Theater und Müll
  21. Gesang im Mondschein
  22. Loch im Ballon
  23. Zur Drachenhöhle
  24. Auf dem Feuerstuhl
  25. Knall im Bad
  26. Die kürzeste Nacht
  27. Das Kostümfest
  28. Im finsteren Loch
  29. als Sportkanone
  30. Notsignal auf See
  • Sonderfolge: Schöne Osterüberraschung

TV series

Alpha-Film GmbH produced a cartoon series with six episodes under the direction of Milos Hlavac. David Howard wrote the scripts.
The series was released on VHS in Germany in April 1997 and January 1998. It was only then that it was broadcast on television for the first time.