Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

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.

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

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

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

A wicked giant attempts to steal all of the instruments from a small town.

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

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

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

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

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