Lotte Reiniger Movies

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...

In a house on the coast, Doktor Dolittle lives with a monkey, a little dog, a pig, a crocodile, a duck and a parrot. He knows the language of...

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

Chronicles the life and work of animator Lotte Reiniger.

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

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

A king demands butter for his royal slice of bread.

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

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

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

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

Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it...

Sleeping Beauty

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

After the grey city rain has turned to snow, we find ourselves together with a silhouette figure in the snow-covered mountains. Under the motto "Get...

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.