Lotte Reiniger Movies
- 1926
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
The Adventures of Prince Achmed7.51926HD
Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends...
- 1956
The Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem61956HD
The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.
- 1942
Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West61942HD
- 1970
The Art of Lotte Reiniger
The Art of Lotte Reiniger01970HD
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,...
- 2018
Secrets of British Animation
Secrets of British Animation62018HD
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...
- 1954
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp6.71954HD
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,...
- 1921
The Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem5.21921HD
The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.
- 1935
Papageno
Papageno6.21935HD
Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.
- 1941
Tosca
Tosca5.31941HD
Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is...
- 1954
Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White and Rose Red5.11954HD
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.
- 1954
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grasshopper and the Ant6.31954HD
A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes...
- 1922
Cinderella
Cinderella6.4751922HD
Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.
- 1928
The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle: Tale 3 - The Lion's Den
The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle: Tale 3 - The Lion's Den61928HD
Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it...
- 1951
Mary's Birthday
Mary's Birthday4.51951HD
The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.
- 1954
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel61954HD
A silhouette animation based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel & Gretel".
- 1974
The Lost Son
The Lost Son51974HD
The Parable of the Lost/ Prodigal Son as told by Lotte Reiniger.
- 1955
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk7.31955HD
- 1918
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin61918HD
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...
- 1928
The Death Feigning Chinaman
The Death Feigning Chinaman5.31928HD
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...
- 1935
Galathea
Galathea51935HD
Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a...