Selected by the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch.  

Considered the oldest surviving animated feature, The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a stunning saga that combines meticulous hand-crafted animation with an epic tale. Adapting One Thousand and One Nights, the film tells of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into a fateful journey. Filmmaker Lotte Reiniger devised a groundbreaking silhouette technique for the film and the resulting work remains a high-water mark of animation, referenced in films such as Fantasia (1940) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992).

Director: Lotte Reiniger. 1926. 67 minutes. Germany. B&W and Color. DCP.

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