Institut Fur Kulturforschung Movies

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

Lotte Reiniger's earliest preserved fairytale film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

The first film directed by influential German-born silhouette animator Lotte Reiniger is delightfully reminiscent of a Valentine’s Day card come to li...

Captures Alexander Calder at work on a wire model.

“A film made to illustrate the changing scenery, architecture, garments and face of the Danube Bank.” - BFI.

Silhouette animation based on the tales of Baron Munchausen. “This film, primitive in technique, is contemporary with Miss Reiniger's first silhouette...

“This film, based on the Grimm fairy tale, is a trifle later than Munchausen and The Flying Coffer but more elementary than Cinderella. It completes t...

A study of the artist at work.

In the best films of Hans Cürlis the acts of filming and painting coincide. The portrait of a portraitist. Max Oppenheimer (Mopp; 1885-1954) was a wel...

Hans Cürlis films Kandinsky at work.

Hans Cürlis films George Grosz at work.

Hans Cürlis films Lovis Corinth at work. "In the physical act of applying the colour spots, Corinth discovered something: drama, tempo; things were pr...