Live Music & Film The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 All Ages

Production still from Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) 1926 / Dir: Lotte Reiniger / Image courtesy: British Film Institute, London

Production still from Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) 1926 / Dir: Lotte Reiniger / Image courtesy: British Film Institute, London / View full image

When

11.00 am, Sun 3 Dec 2023 (67 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

About

The Adventures of Prince Achmed is an enchanted, fairy-tale journey. Based on tales from 1001 Arabian Nights, it tells a classic good versus evil tale replete with a brave adventurer, a wicked sorcerer, a princess and a flying horse. Painstakingly made over three years, Lotte Reiniger’s intricately hand-cut silhouette animation is the earliest surviving animated feature film and remains one of the most magical puppetry films of all time.

Production Credits

  • Director: Lotte Reiniger
  • Script: Lotte Reiniger
  • Cinematographer: Carl Koch
  • Print Source: British Film Institute, London
  • Rights: British Film Institute, London
  • Year: 1926
  • Runtime: 67 minutes
  • Country: Germany
  • Language: Silent
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Silent
  • Colour: Black & White (Tinted)
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP