Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

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.

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

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

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.