Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1925)

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 1925
Running Times: 62m
Length: 1811 metres
Format:
Colour Format: black and white (tinted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: silent

DIRECTION

A Silhouette Film by: Lotte Reiniger

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Comenius-Film G.m.b.H.

ANIMATION
Collaborators: Walter Ruttmann, Berthod Bartosch, Alexander Karadan

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Technician: Carl Koch

MUSIC
With Original Music by: Wolfgang Zeller
Re-issue Version Music: Freddie Phillips

1999 RESTORATION
1999 Restoration: Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt a.M.
Printing Works: L'Immagine Ritrovata
Intertitles: Trickatelier Thomas Wilk
With the kind support of BFI/National Film and Television Archive, London; Hesse Ministry of Science and the Arts; Primrose Productions; ZDF/ARTE

USA
Theatrical Distributor: University Arts Foundation (1931)
Video Distributor: Grapevine Video

TIMELINE

1926
September
3: Germany - theatrical release

The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Les aventures du prince Ahmed - French title

PERIODICALS

Classic Images no.276 (June 1998) p.38 (USA)
review

Classic Images no.321 (March 2002) p.30 (USA)
video review

Classic Images no.322 (April 2002) p.63 (USA)
video review

Film-Dienst vol.52 no.11 (25 May 1999) p.34 (Germany)
illustrated review

Journal of Film Preservation no.60/61 (July 2000) pp.47-49 (Belgium)
illustrated article

Jugend Film Fernsehen vol.16 no.1 (1972) pp.42-43
review

Télérama no.2364 (3 May 1995) p.115 (France)
credits, review

BOOKS

Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume IV pp.4
credits

demons, silhouette animation, fairy tales, genies, insects, magic, monsters, scorpions, snakes, sorcerors, spirits, transformations

Last Updated: 16 November, 2009