Lotte Reiniger Movies

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

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.

It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like...

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

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

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a...

Lotte Reiniger's earliest preserved fairytale film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

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.

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

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

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

Sleeping Beauty