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Der Mond

« A folk tale revived by the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The story of a stolen moon in the kingdom of the dead, divided into quarters and at last replaced in the sky. A naive and enigmatic tale written at a time when the moon was a mysterious and unobtainable object. Jules Verne, Offenbach, Meliès, Carl Orff and many others, have all recounted their imaginary ‘lunar voyage.’ Toy moon…plaything, magic trick… » Charlotte Nessi