Lotte Reiniger Movies

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...

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,...

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Santa Claus threatens to go on strike, as a result of people posting mail too late!

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

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

A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes...

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

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

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

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