Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film
2001
7.0 (2)
1 hr 1 min
English
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…
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BR, Diorama Film
Keywords
- woman director
Links
Top Cast
Lotte Reiniger as Herself (archive footage)
Top Crew
Katja Raganelli · Director, Writer
Camilla Bernetti · Editor
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