Lotte Reiniger Movies

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

Silhouette animation prepared to be shown during a scene change of the Fritz Kreisler operetta "Sissi".

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

Sleeping Beauty

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

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

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.