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...

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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