Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

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

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

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.

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...

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 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.

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

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

In a house on the coast, Doktor Dolittle lives with a monkey, a little dog, a pig, a crocodile, a duck and a parrot. He knows the language of...

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,...

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

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

Silhouette film. Based on Bizet’s opera “Carmen”.