Lotte Reiniger Movies

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

On his way inland, Dr. Dolittle and his animals encounter a nasty surprise. Natives capture them and hold them under lock and key.

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

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

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

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

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,...

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

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 Parable of the Lost/ Prodigal Son as told by Lotte Reiniger.

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

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