Lotte Reiniger Movies

On his way inland, Dr. Dolittle and his animals encounter a nasty surprise. Natives capture them and hold them under lock and key.

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

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

Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it...

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

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...

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

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.

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

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

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

In a house on the coast, Doktor Dolittle lives with a monkey, a little dog, a pig, a crocodile, a duck and a parrot. He knows the language of...

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

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

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

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