Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

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

The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.

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

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale.

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

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

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

A king and queen celebrate their daughter’s birth, but a forgotten fairy curses her to die by pricking her finger on a spindle. Another fairy...

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.

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

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

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

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

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

After the grey city rain has turned to snow, we find ourselves together with a silhouette figure in the snow-covered mountains. Under the motto "Get...