Lotte Reiniger – Hommage an die Erfinderin des Silhouetten Films
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…
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens
A breathtaking miniature, where dance and gesture have the power to express an utmost tenderness.
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Grotesken im Schnee
A formally fascinating, partially animated comedy about the perils of Alpine sports.
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Die Jagd nach dem Glück
A showman rekindles his waning act with the help of a spectacular new invention.
Film details
- Country of production
- Germany
- Year
- 1997
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 60"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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