Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

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...

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...

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

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

Lotte Reiniger returns to the character of Prince Achmed for this “Arabian Nights”–inspired fantasy in which our hero takes off on...

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

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

Zehn Minuten Mozart was Reiniger's first attempt at merging silhouette animation with music.

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.

Snow White and Rose Red give shelter to a bear who reveals himself to be a prince under a spell cast by a wicked dwarf.

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