Lotte Reiniger Movies

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

A love story set to a baroque score, HARLEQUIN is a delicate black-and-white ballet rendered through exquisitely detailed silhouettes.

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.

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 refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

Lotte Reiniger's last film, following the adventures of two kingdoms through the overseeing eye of a destiny-knitting witch.

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

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

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. She tried her best to make them happy. Cinderella's stepmother, was cold, cruel, and jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty.

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

Silhouette animation prepared to be shown during a scene change of the Fritz Kreisler operetta "Sissi".

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

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

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

One of Lotte Reiniger's very last animated silhouette films, issued both in French and English versions.

Among Lotte Reiniger's commissioned pieces are several advertising films for the Julius Pinschewer agency, including: "Das Geheimnis der Marquisin" (The Secret of the Marquise) for Nivea skin cream and "Die Barcarole" (The Barcarole) for Pralinés Mauxion dessert. Other pieces commissioned by...

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.