Movies

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

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

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,...

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.

Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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.

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

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina told the tale of a tiny girl grown from seed to be a companion to an old woman, Reiniger has her...

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

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

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

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