Lotte Reiniger

Contes et silhouettes (2023)

Four short films directed by Lotte Reiniger : Sleeping Beauty ; Snow-White and Rose-Red ; Poucette ; Hansel and Gretel. ...

Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films (2008)

Lotte Reiniger was one of the twentieth century's major animation artists, pioneering a distinctive style of black and white silhouette animation in her interpretations of classic myths and fairy tales. Reiniger began her career in Germany, making The Adve ...

The Rose and The Ring (1979)

Lotte Reiniger's last film, following the adventures of two kingdoms through the overseeing eye of a destiny-knitting witch. ...

Aucassin and Nicolette (1975)

One of Lotte Reiniger's very last animated silhouette films, issued both in French and English versions. ...

The Lost Son (1974)

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

The Frog Prince (1961)

A princess's ball falls into a well and is rescued by a frog but she has to make a promise before he gives it back. ...

A Night in a Harem (1958)

Based on Mozart's The Seraglio. ...

Helen La Belle (1957)

Silhouette film – a version of Offenbach's opera, "La belle Helene". ...

The Little Chimney Sweep (1955)

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1955)

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Cinderella (1954)

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. She tried her best to make them happy. Cinderella's stepmother, was cold, cruel, and jealous of Cinderel ...

The Three Wishes (1954)

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The Frog Prince (1954)

"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others include "The Gallant Little Tailor", "Hänsel and Gretel", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White and Rose Red" and "The ...

The Sleeping Beauty (1954)

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Thumbelina (1954)

Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina told the tale of a tiny girl grown from seed to be a companion to an old woman, Reiniger has her Thumbelina born spontaneously and magically from a flower, beholden to none but herself. ...

The Gallant Little Tailor (1954)

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Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1954)

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, he must fend off an evil sorcerer who wants the lamp for himself. ...

Puss in Boots (1954)

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 procure for his poor master a princess, an ogre's castle, and a kingdom. ...

Snow White and Rose Red (1954)

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 Grasshopper and the Ant (1954)

A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill. ...

The Caliph Stork (1954)

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. ...

The Magic Horse (1953)

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

Mary's Birthday (1951)

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

Grain Harvest (1944)

A delightful animated appeal to help bringing in Scotland's harvest, made by the legendary Lotte Reiniger. ...

The Golden Goose (1944)

Because Dummling has a good heart, fate leads him to a princess waiting for rescue. ...

Girl of the Golden West (1942)

Tosca (1941)

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom. ...

The HPO (1938)

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service. ...

The Tocher (1937)

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

The King’s Breakfast (1937)

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread. ...

Silhouettes (1936)

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

Papageno (1935)

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

Galathea (1935)

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life. ...

Puss in Boots (1935)

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale. ...

The Stolen Heart (1934)

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

Carmen (1934)

Silhouette film. Based on Bizet's opera "Carmen". ...

The Little Chimney Sweep (1934)

Silhouette animated film based on the novella "The Mohock and the Unicorn" by E. W. White. ...

The Rolling Wheel (1933)

Silhouette film illustrating the growth of wheeled traffic from the earliest tim es to the modern car. ...

Sissi (1932)

Silhouette animation prepared to be shown during a scene change of the Fritz Kreisler operetta "Sissi". ...

Harlequin (1931)

A love story set to a baroque score, HARLEQUIN is a delicate black-and-white ballet rendered through exquisitely detailed silhouettes. ...

Secrets of British Animation (2018)

BBC Four's new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, Joh ...

Lotte That Silhouette Girl (2018)

Lotte that Silhouette Girl is a short animated documentary about the fantastic and creative life of film pioneer Lotte Reiniger, who was a rockstar of an animator. She invented the multiplane camera and created the first feature length animation. Lotte tha ...

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten (2012)

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger. ...

Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (2001)

It's quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema's past. Like Alice Guy-Blaché, she was prolific, and worked in all kinds of formats, including commercials and animated interludes ...

Die Frau hinter den Schatten: Lotte Reiniger (1981)

Bewegte Bilder. Deutsche Trickfilme der Zwanziger Jahre (1975)

The Art of Lotte Reiniger (1970)

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out, constructed and filmed a silhouette character. She also discusses how she developed the use of coloured gelati ...