"Muratti greift ein" or "Muratti Marches On" is a 2.5-minute animated commercial by German animation pioneer Oskar Fischinger for the cigarette brand mentioned in the title. This one looks fairly different compared to the other experimental films Fischinger made during that time. In here, we see cigarettes (many of them!) run around and dance during the entire film. Obviously, the men behind the brand wanted to send out a positive message. A story is missing entirely though and still it is not really much worse than the commercials we see today, almost a century later. And you also cannot really blame the people for the product as back then nobody knew about the serious consequences of smoking. All in all, I would not say this clip is on par with American animation from that time, but it's still an interesting little piece that is worth checking out from the historical perspective. Just once though and then you can decide if you want to see any of the other Muratti films by Fischinger. I know for sure that he made at least one more.
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