Movies

"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others...

Aladdin, a poor tailor in Baghdad, discovers a magic lamp with a genie inside. After he uses it to gain wealth and the hand of the caliph's daughter,...

The Parable of the Lost/ Prodigal Son as told by Lotte Reiniger.

Zehn Minuten Mozart was Reiniger's first attempt at merging silhouette animation with music.

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

An animated short film based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about the enterprising cat in boots and a feather hat, who manages to...

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

Lotte Reiniger applies her charming cutout animation technique to this early advertisement for the Nivea skin care company.

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

A silhouette animation based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel & Gretel".

Silhouette film. Based on Bizet’s opera “Carmen”.

Snow White and Rose Red give shelter to a bear who reveals himself to be a prince under a spell cast by a wicked dwarf.

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

The confrontation between two women - a choreographer of a successful troupe and a prima ballerina. Stung by the news of her upcoming dismissal, the...

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and...

Ping Pong receives a bottle of alcohol as a gift from the Emperor. When he gets drunk and chokes on a fish bone, no one in the city wants to take...

Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".