Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed ein Silhouetten Film

Reiniger, Lotte. (Added Author). Comenius Films. (Added Author). Milestone Film & Video (Added Author). Image Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Premiered in Germany in 1926 and is based on the stories from "The Arabian nights", this movie has been hailed as the first full-length animated film. This is the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse intending to send the rider off on a flight to his death.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
v[sound recording]deorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1926. Neither the original negatives nor a complete copy of the original German version exists. The following reconstruction is based on an existing tinted and toned nitrate copy which was held at the National Film and Television Archive, London. Bonus material: 1921 animated advertising trailer, The secret of the marquise ; Lotte Reiniger; Homage to the inventor of the silhouette film, a film by Katja Raganelli (1999, 64 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Nina Goslar ; original music, Wolfgang Zeller.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby digital stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library. Restrictions: no ILL.
Language Note:	Silent movie, with German intertitles, musical accompaniment and English subtitles and optional English voiceover.