Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Silhouette film – a version of Offenbach’s opera, “La belle Helene”.

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

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,...

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

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

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

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale.

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

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

Zehn Minuten Mozart was Reiniger's first attempt at merging silhouette animation with music.