Lotte Reiniger Movies

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...

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

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

Lotte that Silhouette Girl is a short animated documentary about the fantastic and creative life of film pioneer Lotte Reiniger, who was a rockstar...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others...

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and...

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

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.

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

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

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.