Die Utopen (lost German animated short film; 1967)
Die Utopen or Utopia is a 1967 German animated film made by Vlado Kristl, the film was produced by Boris von Borresholm, and the music was made by Joseph Anton Riedl at the GKS-Film Karl Schedereit studio. The film is about 9 minutes long.
Plot
According to IMDB, this was the original plot of the show. Cartoon showing the “Utopes”- talented, unconventional, double-faced creatures. They are split by a uniformed man with a sabre - individually forced into submission by totalitarian ideology.
Leads
On January 16, 2024, the Lost Media Wiki member Smeshariki.ru began searching for the cartoon. On the same day, he found 3 frames and pages on IMDb, Letterbox, Kinopoisk and DOK Leipzig, but he did not find the film at all. On Mubi, a person by the name of pagsipat sent a YouTube link to the show back in 2020, but the account for Utopia was terminated for unknown reasons.
Gallery
Image
Availability
Since we don't have that much information on the film, and the link to the short film is now inaccessible, because the account got terminated, the film is considered Lost. The reason for it being lost is unknown. But hopefully, the whole film will be found in the future again.