The Adventures of Prince Achmed

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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
Image:PrinzenAchmedTitle.png Title card
Directed by	Lotte Reiniger
Written by	Lotte Reiniger
Cinematography	Carl Koch
Distributed by	Comenius-Film GmbH
Release date(s)	July 1926 (France)
Running time	65 minutes (at 24 fps)
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	German
Preceded by	Aschenputtel
Followed by	The Chinese Nightingale
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving feature-length animated film (two earlier films were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost[1]), and it featured a silhouette animation technique Reiniger had invented which involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. The original prints featured color tinting. The story is based on the elements taken from the collection 1001 Arabian Nights, specifically The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou featured in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. With the assistance of Aladdin, the Witch of the Fiery Mountain, and a magic horse, the title character battles the evil African sorcerer to win the hand of Princess Peri Banu.

1 Restoration
2 Gallery
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Restoration

No original German nitrate prints of the film are known to still exist. While the original film featured color tinting, prints available just prior to the restoration had all been in black and white. Working from surviving nitrate prints, German and British archivists have restored the film including adding back the original tinted backgrounds of delicate pastels.