The Art of Lotte Reiniger

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The Art of Lotte Reiniger (1970)

Directed by John Isaacs

Documentary · 17m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
John Isaacs
Producer
Louis Hagen

Details

Release date
1970-12-31
Runtime
17m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Primrose Productions