Friday 30th Oct £10
The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a captivating
and beautiful work of art. It is a magnificent
example of stop frame animation and consists
of three hundred thousand separate frames. It is
undoubtedly one of the shining gems in the history
of cinema and is widely acknowledged as a
masterpiece. It is the ‘haute couture’ of animation.
Lotte Reiniger was a pioneer who dedicated her
life to creating silhouettes. She made more than
eighty animation films.
The original prints of The Adventures of Prince
Achmed featured colour-tinted backgrounds.
Working from surviving nitrate prints, German and
British archivists restored the film and managed to
incorporate the original tinted backgrounds, which
in their dynamic interaction with the silhouette
characters are crucial to the aesthetic of the film.
Prints available just prior to the restoration had
only been in black and white.
and beautiful work of art. It is a magnificent
example of stop frame animation and consists
of three hundred thousand separate frames. It is
undoubtedly one of the shining gems in the history
of cinema and is widely acknowledged as a
masterpiece. It is the ‘haute couture’ of animation.
Lotte Reiniger was a pioneer who dedicated her
life to creating silhouettes. She made more than
eighty animation films.
The original prints of The Adventures of Prince
Achmed featured colour-tinted backgrounds.
Working from surviving nitrate prints, German and
British archivists restored the film and managed to
incorporate the original tinted backgrounds, which
in their dynamic interaction with the silhouette
characters are crucial to the aesthetic of the film.
Prints available just prior to the restoration had
only been in black and white.
