(The Art of Lotte Reiniger)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

17 minutes

Year:

1970

Directors:

John Isaacs

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Production companies:

Primrose Productions

Actors:

Herself

Crews:

Producer

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