I remember, that this movie was aired in Germany on the Christmas-holidays too (so there exist a German dubbed version). It must be in the early 1970s, but in later years, it was not aired again. This year a new animated movie about Rudolph, made in the late 1990s, was aired, but the original Rudolph never again. So the original Rudolph is "Missed in Action" in Germany. I ask myself, why? One possible answer is, that is was a little bit political incorrect, and not so "softened" as the 1990s animation movie is. In the original version all the other reindeer (and Santa too) a very mean to Rudolph, Comet the coach acts like an a...hole to Rudolph, and even his father did not defend his poor son. Then there was a snow-monster, a choleric chief of the elves, a prospector, carrying a revolver in his belt. and last but not least a island, where misfit toys was abandoned.
From 1970 to approx. 1980 was the time in Germany, when a lot of children's classic movies and shows are condemned by hysterical psychologists. A lot of older movies and TV-shows was shortened and re-dubbed to align the weird mainstream of this time; even the old fairy tales of the brothers Grimm was attacked by psychologists and teachers in this time. So i guess, the airing of the original Rudolph in Germany was canceled, while child psychologists thought, this "cruel stuff" will harm our children's souls? Was Rudolph not pedagogical enough? Or... was it too close to reality? Because if i look back and remember my childhood, Rudolphs seems in all the conflicts damn close to reality: There was bullies, that annoyed me, sport-coaches, that acts like a...holes and was extremely mean, choleric teachers, and i have played with toy-guns all the day...!
My thoughts: To hell with all the mad psychologists of the 1970s and 1980s and her lunatic tries to make the "childrens better"! This is the original Rudolph! Bring it back on the TV in Germany too! Even children of today need the original classics and not only the softened, modernized versions! At least, the German dubbing is now available on DVD again! Now, we wait for Christmas 2008 and Rudolph's return on TV!!
From 1970 to approx. 1980 was the time in Germany, when a lot of children's classic movies and shows are condemned by hysterical psychologists. A lot of older movies and TV-shows was shortened and re-dubbed to align the weird mainstream of this time; even the old fairy tales of the brothers Grimm was attacked by psychologists and teachers in this time. So i guess, the airing of the original Rudolph in Germany was canceled, while child psychologists thought, this "cruel stuff" will harm our children's souls? Was Rudolph not pedagogical enough? Or... was it too close to reality? Because if i look back and remember my childhood, Rudolphs seems in all the conflicts damn close to reality: There was bullies, that annoyed me, sport-coaches, that acts like a...holes and was extremely mean, choleric teachers, and i have played with toy-guns all the day...!
My thoughts: To hell with all the mad psychologists of the 1970s and 1980s and her lunatic tries to make the "childrens better"! This is the original Rudolph! Bring it back on the TV in Germany too! Even children of today need the original classics and not only the softened, modernized versions! At least, the German dubbing is now available on DVD again! Now, we wait for Christmas 2008 and Rudolph's return on TV!!
