Lotte Reiniger Movies

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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.

Ping Pong receives a bottle of alcohol as a gift from the Emperor. When he gets drunk and chokes on a fish bone, no one in the city wants to take...

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

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

Sleeping Beauty

Among Lotte Reiniger's commissioned pieces are several advertising films for the Julius Pinschewer agency, including: "Das Geheimnis der Marquisin"...

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.

After the grey city rain has turned to snow, we find ourselves together with a silhouette figure in the snow-covered mountains. Under the motto "Get...

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

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

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

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.

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

Silhouette animated film based on the novella "The Mohock and the Unicorn" by E. W. White. This is the original german version by Lotte Reiniger

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

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.