DIE GESCHICHTE DES PRINZEN ACHMED (1926)
LOTTE REINIGER
Plot
A mesmerising animated reworking of The Arabian Nights. First shown in 1926 in Germany The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the first feature length cartoon, has been restored and given a new recording of the original orchestral score. Today, with allowances for some racial and sexual stereotyping, it impresses for its exquisite craftmanship, balletic movement, expressive romanticism and moments of potent sensuousness and poetry.