Lotte Reiniger Movies

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.

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

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...

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,...

Santa Claus threatens to go on strike, as a result of people posting mail too late!

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

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out,...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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