Lotte Reiniger Movies
- 1931
Harlequin
Harlequin6.31931HD
A love story set to a baroque score, HARLEQUIN is a delicate black-and-white ballet rendered through exquisitely detailed silhouettes.
- 1941
Tosca
Tosca5.31941HD
Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is...
- 1921
The Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem5.21921HD
The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.
- 1942
Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West61942HD
- 1954
The Three Wishes
The Three Wishes61954HD
- 1918
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin61918HD
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...
- 2001
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film62001HD
It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like...
- 1932
Sissi
Sissi01932HD
- 1934
Carmen
Carmen6.41934HD
Silhouette film. Based on Bizet’s opera “Carmen”.
- 1954
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel61954HD
A silhouette animation based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel & Gretel".
- 1954
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots61954HD
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...
- 1955
The Little Chimney Sweep
The Little Chimney Sweep5.71955HD
- 1954
The Gallant Little Tailor
The Gallant Little Tailor51954HD
- 1954
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp6.71954HD
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,...
- 1954
Thumbelina
Thumbelina51954HD
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...
- 1954
The Caliph Stork
The Caliph Stork51954HD
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.
- 1937
The Tocher
The Tocher5.51937HD
Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".
- 1958
A Night in a Harem
A Night in a Harem01958HD
Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.
- 1981
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons01981HD
- 1953
The Magic Horse
The Magic Horse61953HD
Lotte Reiniger returns to the character of Prince Achmed for this “Arabian Nights”–inspired fantasy in which our hero takes off on...