"Allegretto" is a 1936 animated short film, but even if it is an American production 8according to IMDb), it has nothing to do with the cartoons that dominated back then 80 years ago. The maker here is German director Oskar Fischinger, a pioneer in animated experimental filmmaking. His work here is very bright, very colorful and very positive. We see all kinds of animated effects that at times almost look like a firework. And at the same time, we hear loud feel-good music that goes occasionally pretty well together with what we see. For me personally, also with other Fischinger works, it is always a bit of a problem that we do not have a story to follow here. No plot or anything. But it is still possible to enjoy the other aspects of the film and maybe no story is better than a bad story. All in all, I still don't think this is an appealing watch to broad audiences and that's why I give it a thumbs-down.
Review of Allegretto
