Directing

Lotte Reiniger

Born June 2, 1899 · Berlin, German Empire [now Germany]

Died June 19, 1981 · aged 82

Lotte Reiniger was born on June 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She is known for her work on Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926), The HPO (1938), and Däumlienchen (1954). She was married to Carl Koch. She died on June 19, 1981 in Dettenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Known For

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Adventures of Prince Achmed · 1926

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

MovieAnimationAdventure

Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.

Don Quixote

Don Quixote · 1933

MovieAdventureDrama

Inflamed by his readings of chivalric novels, Don Quixote, a knight with a sad face, accompanied by Sancho Panza, a peasant steeped in common sense, decides to set off across the world in search of improbable adventures.

Thumbelina

Thumbelina · 1954

MovieAnimationFantasy

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 Thumbelina born spontaneously and magically from a flower, beholden to none but herself.

Papageno

Papageno · 1935

MovieAnimationMusic

Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.

Carmen

MovieMusicAnimation

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

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten · 2012

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten

MovieDocumentary

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin · 1918

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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 refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

Sissi

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

Filmography

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Adventures of Prince Achmed · 1926

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

MovieAnimationAdventure

Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.

Director

Don Quixote

Don Quixote · 1933

MovieAdventureDrama

Inflamed by his readings of chivalric novels, Don Quixote, a knight with a sad face, accompanied by Sancho Panza, a peasant steeped in common sense, decides to set off across the world in search of improbable adventures.

Special Effects

Thumbelina

Thumbelina · 1954

MovieAnimationFantasy

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 Thumbelina born spontaneously and magically from a flower, beholden to none but herself.

Director

Papageno

Papageno · 1935

MovieAnimationMusic

Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.

Director

Carmen

MovieMusicAnimation

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

Director

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten · 2012

Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten

MovieDocumentary

Portrait of the pioneer of animation films Lotte Reiniger.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin · 1918

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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 refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

Title Designer

Sissi

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

Writer

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty · 1922

Sleeping Beauty

MovieFantasyAnimation

A king and queen celebrate their daughter’s birth, but a forgotten fairy curses her to die by pricking her finger on a spindle. Another fairy softens the curse, allowing her to sleep for a hundred years. Despite efforts to remove all spindles, the princess pricks her finger and falls asleep, along with the entire castle.

Director

Grain Harvest

Grain Harvest · 1944

A delightful animated appeal to help bringing in Scotland’s harvest, made by the legendary Lotte Reiniger.

Director

The Tocher

The Tocher · 1937

Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".

Director

Harlequin

Harlequin · 1931

MovieAnimationRomance

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

Director

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots · 1935

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale.

Producer

Girl of the Golden West

Girl of the Golden West · 1942

Girl of the Golden West

MovieWesternDrama

Screenplay

The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of Bethlehem · 1956

The Star of Bethlehem

MovieAnimationTV Movie

The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.

Animation

A Night in a Harem

A Night in a Harem · 1958

A Night in a Harem

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

Director

Cinderella

Cinderella · 1954

MovieAnimationFantasy

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. She tried her best to make them happy. Cinderella's stepmother, was cold, cruel, and jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty.

Director

Tosca

MovieDramaMusic

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.

Assistant Director

Cinderella

Cinderella · 1922

MovieAnimationFantasy

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

Director

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel · 1954

Hansel and Gretel

MovieAnimationFantasy

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

Director

Silhouettes

Silhouettes · 1936

MovieDramaMusic

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

Animation Director

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty · 1954

The Sleeping Beauty

MovieAnimationFantasy

Director

The Secret of the Marquise

The Secret of the Marquise · 1922

The Secret of the Marquise

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

Director

The Caliph Stork

The Caliph Stork · 1954

The Caliph Stork

MovieAnimationFantasy

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.

Director