Snowman in July - AKA Der Schneemann

This is the English-dubbed version of the classic German animated film "Der Schneemann". Too bad they cut out the singing at the end of the cartoon. :(

[@dwightarmy]

I've been looking for this version of this cartoon for years, only finding the original and female narrator versions. But now, my childhood is complete! The sad ending and what the narrator says always haunted me in the best way possible :)

[@Sonicman2345]

Same 😁😁

[@lucindamobley5492]

With the ending he says we can't feel sad, but I can. Whitey is gone forever, and I cry my eyes out every time I see it. I just can't help it. My heart is just too mushy and soft.

[@ajf1060]

Omg, I’m been looking for years and I finally found it! I remember this and other shorts being on a VHS we had growing up.

[@enzotakerian5488]

The DVD titled "Frosty the Snowman and Friends." Of course it's NOT about Frosty! Plus the cartoon beginning simply titled it, "The Snowman."

[@amandab1526]

I love love love this cartoon.... Watched it as a kid... And it always stuck with me. Now I watch it 30 years later and it gives me the same beautiful feeling

[@1960frj]

The narrator is Frank Gallop, same guy who narrated the early Casper the friendly ghost cartoons. Interesting connection. I’m from the US, and I had this on a VHS called “Little Star of Bethlehem”. The tape also had a short film “Santa and the fairy snow Queen” The Bethlehem one was a cartoon made for TV in the 70’s about a boy aggravated with being an ordinary Shepard at his Christmas play, but he reads the Bible and seems to go back in time with his dog to experience the reason for the season lol. None of these have been showcased anywhere else as far as the public domain is concerned. But this is so nostalgic.

[@curtthegamer934]

My grandma had that tape when I was a kid, and that's where I originally watched all three of those cartoons as well. Another interesting thing, the Bethlehem cartoon was actually called "Christmas Is."

[@1960frj]

I knew of it being called "Christmas Is". But both that and "Santa & the Fairy Snow Queen" are needlessly edited.

[@ashlibradford1821]

Yes my childhood restored!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! All though the bunny took a bite of the carrot in the end of the one I watched as a kid, but this is the version I watched all the time!! yay!!!

[@ElloFantasy]

I have the video tape for this, but sadly...no VCR to play it anymore. It's been a while since I've seen it and I still love it. I always thought that the beginning looked so pretty, so simple and calm and much better than current color styles they use for things.

[@amandaandherstuffedanimals1308]

I been trying to look for this cartoon because I used to have a VHS version of it with many other strange unusual cartoons along with it that traumatized me which made me get rid of it

[@baileyanderson244]

Which cartoons? I bet we had the same tape lmao

[@amandaandherstuffedanimals1308]

@@baileyanderson244 it had Jack Frost by UB iWorks, and somewhere in dreamland

[@KittenofTwilight24]

i rember watching this on an old vhs

[@sassyvillain2800]

My grandmother had us watch this years ago. Still kinda creepy

[@michaellynes3540]

I can’t believe this was animated in Nazi Germany. I remember watching this as a kid on VHS.

[@lucindamobley5492]

The ending of this always makes me bawl my eyes out, and the last time almost sunk me into depression by reminding me of my Meemaw's death. But I now am started to develop a theory for what happened after he melted. Since water continuously goes through the water cycle of evaporation, condensation, clouds, rain, etc., then what could have happened was that the parts of snow that made up Whitey's heart finally fell as snow in the area of the Medford, Colorado. This is where Jack Frost came back as a snowman so that he could spend some much needed time with his son Charlie (From the 1998 movie Jack Frost). When Charlie played his dad's 'magic harmonica', it resounded in the snow from Whitey's heart, and brought his dad back to life to help them both make up for lost time.

[@BrettOlsenActor]

THANK U SOOOO MUCH FOR POSTING!!!!

[@MartinH52]

Yes - and some other details have been omitted. After all, let's not forget about the time, the cartoon was created - WWII raged high.....but this movie is so PEACEFUL, don't you agree?

[@telekino5]

I did not have a closer look on the English version yet to find other changes. And yes - it is a peaceful cartoon, presenting a peaceful scenery which the people were longing for in that time of war.

[@twipley]

I have a particular preference for the French-dubbed version. The German one features little-to-no talking (except the song voicing), and the English one (this one) resembles in tone the French one. Just sketchily, though. I should probably rip the French one for you all to see.

[@ulrichterra5]

Here bis the Original Version. This Film was released in 1944 at Fischerkoesen Studios, Story by Horst von Möllendorf. We also loved this Film very much in our childhood. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3KZl3yKZcaNh9U

[@ul7185]

As Seen on Garfield Goose and Friends

[@ShadrakJohn]

Video and sound are off

[@telekino5]

Mounting of scenes? Do you mean the mirrored parts starting with the scene on the lake? Why did they do that anyway?

[@twipley]

@twipley I've uploaded the talked-about version for you all to see. ;)

[@spudwas]

why is image flipped around compared to the German version?

[@MartinH52]

does anybody know, who is the narrator of the english version - much better than the german original.........and what's that background ringing?

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

Narration is like in the french quebec version

[@gnikcohs]

It is hard to tell what is 100% original, but in the German version I saw, here on YT, it was silent, the colors were faded (the openning snow flakes did not look nearly as nice as this one), and above all, at the end, the Snow Man sings, the only vocalization in the animation, That Was The Summer Of My Life, which I thought was a perfect, poetic ending. The English narration here really adds nothing, rather detracts.

[@veronicaporras9246]

7:51

[@enzotakerian5488]

A narrator in a monotone voice. No emotion. No

[@babygiraffe123]

"Ah, you think it's funny, you funny old tree? See if you feel like laughing at ME." "Huh?" Says Tree, stupidly. 😂😂😂😂 That was always my favorite part, growing up! Still is.

[@twilight0788]

Used to love watching this when i was little =)

[@vEasyTiger]

I'm 15 and used to watch this when i was like 4. it was my favouritest movie ever and im so stoked i found it finally !

[@spudwas]

I distinctly remember a version where the snowman had dialogue! For instance, he'll say " Ah, It's July.

[@iluvcandy56]

I just found this cartoon in a box. This was my favorite cartoon as a little kid. (:

[@Hilesmith1]

I have the version of this at the end as the snowman is melting, he says Goodbye Everybody over and over until he is gone., I recorded this version 7 years ago. I still have it on videotape,

[@scoress6]

This is one of my older memories!

[@adamkennie9026]

Frank Gallop Was Also The Narrator In Paramount's Casper Cartoons

[@TristanH90]

I love that snowman!

[@isnook86]

I loved this movie growing up! It's an interesting comparison to what videos children are exposed to today... there is quite a bit of depth to the narrative in this cartoon. I think I was 5 when my mom purchased the VHS and I loved it! I am wondering if I show this to my nephew who is 7, will he enjoy this? I am guessing 1 minute in he will want to watch angry birds. :((((

[@MartinH52]

Hello! I did not know this version before, only the German original. As you see, tsstes are different - except for the fact that it's a lovely cartoon. Did you notice the divverent mounting of scenes between the 2 varieties?

[@PCOSJess]

EncoreVisions I LOVE YOU

[@adamkennie9026]

The Narrator Is Frank Gallop

[@PCOSJess]

@icantfindb same here. Been looking for this for years.

[@telekino5]

You think so? Probably just because you are used to the English narrator. I think the extensive narrating makes the cartoon hardly watchable because it draws away the attentionfrom the wonderful cartoon its-self. There seems to be no need to narrate at all.

[@JackHoward96]

I watched this in elementary school. Kind of weird to show a bunch of kids a cartoon made in the Third Reich.