Lotte Reiniger Movies

Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.

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

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

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

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

Lotte Reiniger's earliest preserved fairytale film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.

It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like...

Lotte Reiniger returns to the character of Prince Achmed for this “Arabian Nights”–inspired fantasy in which our hero takes off on...

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,...

Silhouette animated film based on the novella "The Mohock and the Unicorn" by E. W. White. This is the original german version by Lotte Reiniger

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...

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople...

The first film directed by influential German-born silhouette animator Lotte Reiniger is delightfully reminiscent of a Valentine’s Day card...

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

A wicked giant attempts to steal all of the instruments from a small town.