Lotte Reiniger Movies

Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.

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

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

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.

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

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...

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

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

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

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.

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

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...

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