Das Spielhaus

Das Spielhaus (The Playhouse) was a popular puppet theatre television series that played on the second channel of Deutscher Fernsehfunk in the former East Germany.

The eight residents of a mobile house with twelve wheels experienced fantastic adventures together. The character Knollo often created inventions that ended in explosions, while Schlapper was more sceptical and timid. Together with the vain Defifé and the brilliant Masine, the series featured other colourful characters.

Characters

 * Masine (caring girl with red hair)
 * Kleiner (cheeky boy with a snub nose)
 * Laribum (somewhat chubby artist)
 * Kniffo (cosmonaut)
 * Knollo (inventor)
 * Defifé (vain and moody girl with long red hair)
 * Casimir (clever cat)
 * Schlapperplapper (a sheep)

Crew

 * Redaction: Rita Hatzius, Bärbel Möllendorf, Gerdamarie Preuße
 * Dramaturgy: Bärbel Möllendorf, Rita Hatzius, Helga Krecek
 * Manager: Antje Geiger
 * Production Manager: Eckhard Grosch, Doris Kocks, Christina Eggert
 * Assistant director: Camilla Meyer
 * Director:, Wolfgang Genth
 * Lyrics: Andreas Turowski
 * Music: Helmut Frommhold, Volkmar Schmidt