Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1997): Cast
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film is a 1997 documentary directed by Katja Raganelli, starring Lotte Reiniger. It runs 1 hour 1 minute.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 1m (61 min)
- Director
- Katja Raganelli
- Genre
- Documentary
- Original language
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English - Studio
- BR
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film About?
The premise of Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film without spoilers.
Katja Raganelli uses Lotte Reiniger as a lens on Germany’s film heritage, highlighting the animator’s extraordinary output—from commercials to animated interludes in feature films. Beyond her prolific career, Reiniger pioneered silhouette techniques that impressed contemporaries such as Bertolt Brecht, securing her lasting reputation as a beloved specialist’s icon.
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film Themes & Keywords
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- world war two
- widow
- theater
- talking head
- starving-artist
- silhouette
- silent filmmaking
- shadow theatre
- reference to thumbelina
- reference to the pied piper
- reference to william shakespeare
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- reference to max reinhardt
- reference to jean renoir
- reference to jack and the beanstalk
- reference to adolf hitler
- reference to galatea
- reference to doctor doolittle
- reference to cinderella
- reference to charlie chaplin
- reference to bertolt brecht
- poverty
- paris france
- old woman
- oil painting
- movie producer
- london england
- kneeling
- interview
- husband wife relationship
- filmmaker
- expatriate
- entertainer
- england
- death of husband
- childhood
- berlin germany
- banker
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- artist
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- 77 year old
- year 1917
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Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film Cast
Lotte Reiniger stars in Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film. Directed by Katja Raganelli.
- Director Katja Raganelli
- Lotte Reiniger as themselves
More from Katja Raganelli
More films directed by Katja Raganelli: Alice Guy-Blaché, Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner, Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director and I Am Wanda.
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Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film?
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film runs 1 hour 1 minute (61 minutes).
When was Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film released?
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film was released on December 31, 1997.
Who directed Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film?
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film was directed by Katja Raganelli.
More films by Katja Raganelli Who is in the cast of Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film?
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film stars Lotte Reiniger.
Does Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film have a post-credit scene?
No. Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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