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OriginalThe Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German animated film by Lotte Reiniger, based on One Thousand and One Nights.
Reason
The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving feature-length animation. It's the best-known work by German director Lotte Reiniger and showcases her unique visual style, which used a novel multiplane camera setup to recreate the look of a shadow play.
Articles in which this image appears
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, Silhouette animation, Shadow play
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Lotte Reiniger (director)

Promoted File:The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:51, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]