The Secret of the Marquise

The Secret of the Marquise

1922 · 3 min · ★ 6.5 · Animation

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

Directed by Lotte Reiniger

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Make it a double feature

12m together

The Secret of the Marquise

Sleeping Beauty

Both from Lotte Reiniger.

More from Lotte ReinigerSee all →

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.

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots · 1935

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale.

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.

Sissi

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

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty · 1954

The Sleeping Beauty

MovieAnimationFantasy

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.

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.

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..

Carmen

MovieMusicAnimation

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

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.

Cinderella

Cinderella · 1922

MovieAnimationFantasy

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

Girl of the Golden West

Girl of the Golden West · 1942

Girl of the Golden West

MovieWesternDrama

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.

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.

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.

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.

More Like This

The Little Matchgirl

The Little Matchgirl · 2006

The Little Matchgirl

MovieAnimationDrama

An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter