Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed [videorecording] : ein Silhouetten Film / von Lotte Reiniger ; mitarbeiter, Walther Ruttmann, Berthold Bartose, Alexander Kardan ; technische Leitung, Carl Koch ; Comenius-Film G.m.b.H. = Les aventures du prince Ahmed : un film en ombres chinoises animeĢes / de Lotte Reiniger ; en collaboration avec, Walther Ruttmann, Berthold Bartosch, Carl Koch.
Lotte Reiniger, homage to the inventor of the silhouette film.
Notes:
Silent film with intertitles and musical accompaniment; color tinted. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1926. Neither the original negatives nor a complete copy of the original German version exists. The following reconstruction is based on an existing tinted and toned nitrate copy which was held at the National Film and Television Archive, London. Bonus material: 1921 animated advertising trailer, The secret of the marquise ; Lotte Reiniger; Homage to the inventor of the silhouette film, a film by Katja Raganelli (1999, 64 min.) A foreign film (Germany)
Summary:
Premiered in Germany in 1926 and is based on the stories from "The Arabian nights", this movie has been hailed as the first full-length animated film. This is the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse intending to send the rider off on a flight to his death.
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