The Art of Lotte Reiniger

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