Additional Information about the Feature Film Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

One of the earliest feature-length animated films (only two Argentinean films, both now lost, may predate it). A silent film.

Lotte Reiniger was renowned for her marvellous mastery of the silhouette film, a form employing back-lit paper cutouts and silhouetted figures.

Released in 1927 with English intertitles as "The Adventures of Prince Achmed."

Based on A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, this film combined cutout animation, wax sculpture and striking design into a ground-breaking film.

Production lasted from 1923 to 1926.

Two leading avant-garde filmmakers of the era, Walter Ruttman and Berthold Bartosch, were among Reiniger’s assistants.

Wolfgang Zeller composed the original 1926 score.

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