Lotte Reiniger Movies

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

The first film directed by influential German-born silhouette animator Lotte Reiniger is delightfully reminiscent of a Valentine’s Day card...

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...

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

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

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

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

It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.

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