Lotte Reiniger Movies

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

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

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

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

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

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...