Title: Lotte Reiniger : pioneer of film animation /
Authors: Grace, Whitney,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Reiniger, Lotte.; Women motion picture producers and directors Germany Biography.; Animators Germany Biography.; Animators Germany.; Animation (Cinematography) Germany.
Abstract: "For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film. Equipped with scissors, cardboard, sheets of lead, glass panes and a camera, animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger filmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (or, The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using a technique of frame-by-frame silhouette animation she developed, inspired by Chinese shadow puppetry. As the result of a number of factors-her gender, her German ethnicity, World War II, a lack of funding-Reiniger became a footnote to animation history. Yet her more than 60 films plainly show her dedication to her craft and her skill. This detailed account of her life and work describes her significant contributions to animation, puppetry, Weimar cinema and modern filmmaking."--
Contents: Paper fairytales -- Lengthening shadows -- Defining the art of puppetry and animation -- The adventures of Prince Achmed -- Sound cartoons and miscredited ideas -- Fanboy Hitler and the short life of Hansi and Schnuff -- Animated women and lost love -- The fine line between animation and puppetry -- Fine art and resurgent praise -- Lotte's legacy -- Influence and adaptation -- Afterword -- Appendix I. Filmography -- Appendix II. Reiniger bibliography.