Once upon a time…
In the city of the caliph…
A young prince, Ahmed…
Who soars on a flying horse...
And lands in the distant land of Wak-Wak.
There he falls in love with the beautiful Pari Banu.
But he must face his most terrible enemy: the African Mage...
First animated feature film in the history of cinema, The Adventures of Prince Ahmed combines many technical prowess. Entirely animated in cut-out paper silhouettes, this marvel of the seventh art is a treasure of inventiveness, finesse of forms and transports young and old into the world of oriental tales, to meet magical and magical characters.
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE AHMED
(1923 – B&W – 65 mins)
SUPPLEMENTS
. AHMED, VISION OF THE WEST (19 mins)
Taken in the avant-garde of the German cinema of the Twenties, Reiniger opens a different way with the animated film, by interpreting The Arabian Nights ; by Hervé Joubert-Laurencin, film teacher at Paris VII and at the National Institute of Art History.
. THE ART OF SILHOUETTES BY LOTTE REINIGER (1970 – Colors and B&W – 15 mins)
To know everything about the techniques of making a film of silhouettes.
. 5 SHORT FILMS by Lotte Reiniger
THE CHINESE WE THOUGHT DEAD (1928 – B&W – 9 mn)
ALADIN AND THE MARVELOUS LAMP (1954 – B&W – 14 mn)
THE FLYING HORSE (1954 – B&W – 10 mins)
THE STORK CALIPH (1956 – B&W – 10 mn)
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM (1956 – Colors – 18 mn)
Single edition - Slim jacket without sleeve
Released November 19, 2008
