From Institut für Kulturforschung Studios

The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

Lotte Reiniger's earliest preserved fairytale film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Silhouette animation based on the tales of Baron Munchausen. “This film, primitive in technique, is contemporary with Miss Reiniger's first...

The first film directed by influential German-born silhouette animator Lotte Reiniger is delightfully reminiscent of a Valentine’s Day card...

Captures Alexander Calder at work on a wire model.

“This film, based on the Grimm fairy tale, is a trifle later than Munchausen and The Flying Coffer but more elementary...

“A film made to illustrate the changing scenery, architecture, garments and face of the Danube Bank.” - BFI.

A study of the artist at work.

In the best films of Hans Cürlis the acts of filming and painting coincide. The portrait of a portraitist. Max Oppenheimer (Mopp; 1885-1954) was...

Hans Cürlis films Kandinsky at work.

Hans Cürlis films George Grosz at work.

Hans Cürlis films Lovis Corinth at work. "In the physical act of applying the colour spots, Corinth discovered something: drama, tempo; things...