Why Is There a Roman Temple Under This German Shopping Mall?
Under a shopping mall in Mainz, Germany lies the Roman Empire’s only known joint sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater. The curse tablets found inside blur the line between ancient…
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The Art of Lotte Reiniger, 1970
Lotte Reiniger is known today for her extraordinarily elaborate silhouette animations. Her 1926 feature, “The Adventures of Prince Achmed,” is the oldest surviving full-length animated film. This short documentary provides…
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The OLDEST SURVIVING Animated Feature Film | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Long before Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, director Lotte Reiniger created a breathtaking silhouette-animated fantasy inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. In this video, we explore the…
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film, written and directed by Lotte Reiniger. Since two earlier Quirino Cristiani films…
Felidae (1994)
Felidae is a 1994 German adult animated xenofictive psychological horror mystery film directed by Michael Schaack, written by Martin Kluger, Stefaan Schieder and Akif Pirinçci, and based on Pirinçci's 1989…
‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist
After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity