Lotte Reiniger Movies

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...

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is...

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

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

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

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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