Kvistur

The Spider and the Butterfly

1909

Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the star woman turns into a spider, dragging the butterfly into her web.

Blood Red Earth

2008

Centers on two Native American brothers who find a dead deer and despite knowing they shouldn't touch it, bring it home to thier family and unknowingly unleash an unstoppable evil force.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1912

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Cinderella

1922

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

Song of Love

1950

Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.

The Sleeping Beauty

1954

Thumbelina

1954

Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina told the tale of a tiny girl grown from seed to be a companion to an old woman, Reiniger has her Thumbelina born spontaneously and magically from a flower, beholden to none but herself.

The Frog Prince

1961

A princess's ball falls into a well and is rescued by a frog but she has to make a promise before he gives it back.

The Gallant Little Tailor

1954

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

1954

Aladdin, a poor tailor in Baghdad, discovers a magic lamp with a genie inside. After he uses it to gain wealth and the hand of the caliph's daughter, he must fend off an evil sorcerer who wants the lamp for himself.

Cinderella

1954

Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. They were very mean to Cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. She tried her best to make them happy. Cinderella's stepmother, was cold, cruel, and jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty.

Hansel and Gretel

1954

A silhouette animation based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel & Gretel".

Papageno

1935

Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.

Puss in Boots

1954

An animated short film based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about the enterprising cat in boots and a feather hat, who manages to procure for his poor master a princess, an ogre's castle, and a kingdom.

The Magic Horse

1953

Lotte Reiniger returns to the character of Prince Achmed for this “Arabian Nights”–inspired fantasy in which our hero takes off on a flying horse.