Das Rad (English title: Rocks[1]) meaning "The Wheel" is a 2001 German animated short film written and directed by Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel and Heidi Wittlinger.

Huge skyscrapers and monstrous cities appear in rapid succession across the landscape, rising into a futuristic cityscape.

The building development, rushing closer like a giant tsunami wave, suddenly stops at the exact second before both stone creatures would have been paved over.

[1] Das Rad was created in 2000 while Stenner, Uibel and Wittlinger were studying at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.

The two stone creatures consisted of wooden bodies and eyebrows made of rubber and were shot in stop motion while the surroundings were animated by CGI.

The two narrative points of view are made conspicuous by lighting and camera differences, such as a change in the color of the sky.