The Art of Lotte Reiniger

December. 31,1970      
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out, constructed and filmed a silhouette character. She also discusses how she developed the use of coloured gelatines for her backgrounds. To illustrate her output, the documentary includes extracts from several of her films including Papageno (1935), The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) and The Frog Prince.

Lotte Reiniger as  Herself

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Reviews

Artivels
1970/12/31

Undescribable Perfection

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Phonearl
1971/01/01

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Supelice
1971/01/02

Dreadfully Boring

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MoPoshy
1971/01/03

Absolutely brilliant

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