Sandmännchen
German children's television program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unser Sandmännchen ("Our Little Sandman"), Das Sandmännchen ("The Little Sandman"), Der Abendgruß ("The Evening-Greeting"), Abendgruß ("Evening-Greeting"), Der Sandmann ("The Sandman"), Sandmann ("Sandman"), Sandmännchen ("Little Sandman") is a German children's bedtime television program using stop-motion animation. The puppet was based on the Ole Lukøje character by Hans Christian Andersen.
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Sandmännchen | |
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Also known as | Unser Sandmännchen |
Genre | Fantasy Supernatural |
Developed by | Gerhard Behrendt |
Country of origin | East Germany (1959–1990) Germany (1990–present) |
Original languages | German Sorbian |
No. of seasons | 61+ |
No. of episodes | 22,200+[1] |
Production | |
Production companies | Deutscher Fernsehfunk (1959–1991) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (1992–present) Norddeutscher Rundfunk (1992-present) Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (1992–2003) Sender Freies Berlin (1992-2003) Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (2003–present) |
Original release | |
Network | DFF (1959–1991) MDR (1992–present) NDR (1992-present) SFB (1992-2003) ORB (1992–2003) RBB (2003–present) |
Release | 22 November 1959 (1959-11-22) – present |
Related | |
Das Sändmannchen |
Two versions of Sandmännchen were created: one in East Germany (Unser Sandmännchen), and one in West Germany (Das Sandmännchen).
The series is the longest-running animated television series in history; additionally, it is the TV show with the most episodes in history.