Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film
It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like Alice Guy-Blaché, she was prolific, and worked in all kinds of formats, including commercials and animated interludes for fiction features. More than Guy-Blaché, though, she was an inventor of forms and techniques whose genius was admired by the likes of Bertolt Brecht. It says a lot about film history that Reiniger remains still a specialists’ darling…
Cast: Lotte Reiniger
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Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film
It’s quite telling that Katja Raganelli chose the animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger as her gateway figure into German cinema’s past. Like Alice Guy-Blaché, she was prolific, and worked in all kinds of formats, including commercials and animated interludes for fiction features. More than Guy-Blaché, though, she was an inventor of forms and techniques whose genius was admired by the likes of Bertolt Brecht. It says a lot about film history that Reiniger remains still a specialists’ darling…
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Katja Raganelli
- Cast
- Lotte Reiniger
- Studio
- BR, Diorama Film
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
English, German
Where to watch
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