Lotte Reiniger

German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981)

Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and Papageno (1935). Reiniger is also noted for having devised, from 1923 to 1926, the first form of a multiplane camera, one of the most important devices in pre digital animation. Reiniger worked on more than 40 films throughout her career.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 18 films (1922–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 17 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1979	The Rose and the Ring ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1976	Aucassin and Nicolette	Lotte Reiniger	16:00	16mm	Color	sound
1975	Aucassin and Nicolette	The Board	16	16mm	Color	sound
1970s	Jack and the beanstalk	Primrose Productions presents ; a Silhouette Colour film ; designed by Lotte Reiniger ; produced by Vivian Milroy [and] Louis Hagen.	12	16mm	Color	sound
1955	The Sleeping beauty (Lotte Reininger)	Lotte Reiniger
1954	Aladdin and the magic lamp	Lotte Reiniger	14 min		B&W
1954	Caliph stork	Museum of Modern Art	10	16mm	B&W	sound
1954	The Grasshopper And The Ant	?Primrose Productions	10 min	16mm		sound
1954	The little chimney sweep	Lotte Reiniger	10 min
1951	Mary's birthday	a Crown Film Unit production ; designed and executed by Lotte Reiniger	10	16mm	Color	sound
1935	Galathea ▶	lotte-reiniger-primrose-productions
1935	Heute: Papageno	Lotte Reiniger
1935	Papageno	?Primrose Productions	10	16mm	B&W	sound
1928	Dr Dolittle in Cannibal Land ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1928	Dr Dolittle's Trip To Africa ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1926	The Adventures of Prince Achmed ▶	Lotte Reiniger	65 min		Color & B&W
1922	Aschenputtel AKA Cinderella ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1922	Das Geheimnis der Marquisin ▶	Lotte Reiniger