Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

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

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

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

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

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.

Silhouette film – a version of Offenbach’s opera, “La belle Helene”.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Lotte Reiniger's last film, following the adventures of two kingdoms through the overseeing eye of a destiny-knitting witch.