Lotte Reinigers silhouettenfilm: Die Geschichte des Prinzen Achmed by Lotte Reiniger. 1st edition, 20 pages, 1926. This publication is a promotional brochure for the German animated feature film "The Adventures of Prince Achmed". Released in 1926, the film was among the first (and currently earliest surviving) feature-length animated films. Utilizing the form of silhouette animation, director Lotte Reiniger and her team, devised the first predecessor to the now traditional multiplane camera used in animation, to bring to life fantastical scenes and magical lands. The plot of the film was a pastiche of various tales from The Arabian Nights. Reiniger was at the helm of a group of cinematic collaborators which included co-director and cinematographer Carl Koch (her husband), animator Berthold Bartosch and animator and experimental film pioneer Walter Ruttman, among others. The brochure, is illustrated throughout with black and white photographic reproductions of various stills from the film, and also includes behind the scenes production images of Reiniger at work with her collaborators. Accompanying the images are a series of short essays on various aspects of the film including the story, production techniques and music.
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