Hugh Lofting
Following the success of "Prince Achmed," Reiniger was able to make a second feature. "Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere" ("Doctor Dolittle and his Animals", 1928) was based on the first of the English children's books by Hugh Lofting. The film tells of the good Doctor's voyage to Africa to help heal sick animals. It is currently available only in a television version with new music, voice-over narration and the images playing at too many frames per second. The score of this three-part film was composed by Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith and Paul Dessau.