and ahead of its time. A Cherrr-man creation, seemingly made of paper cutout characters against a lit backdrop, with slight, stop-motion movements. Excellent subtitles into English. From the info on IMDb, it seems there are at least two versions, due to the difference in film speed, a 66 minute version, and an 81 minute version. The version shown on Turner Classic shows movement, then pauses at the end of each scene. It looks like this is a restored version. The prince does indeed go on several short adventures, such as flying away on a flying horse, and escaping a volcano. Some of the detail in the scenes are just incredible. I was pleasantly surprised; much better than expected. The simple characters show so much emotion, and there is so much going on in the background, its impossible to catch all the details. And this was all in 1925. FUN stuff.

a magic film. and the masterpiece of Lotte Reiniger. a kind of embroidery who resurrect not only the childhood memories but a form of delicate humanity. a film like a spell. music, animation, the small pieces of black paper and the romanticism in precise manner to introduce you in the story spirit. an Arabian fairy tale. fascinating for the hard and high work. for the beauty. and for the real gift who represents its root. the story of Prince Achmed and Aladdin has the each ingredient of cinema from period - passion for exoticism, the difficulties of love story, the brave heroes, the splendid maids. but something is unique in its case. it is not easy to define it. but it is the motif for who, after almost a century, the film is not seems be old. maybe, the universal message. or the admirable/amazing art. in fact, maybe, only the magic of an extraordinary work.

"The adventures of Princes Achmed" was one of the first animated films of the history of cinema and it is also one of the best animated films ever made. This movie uses shadow puppets to recreate some stories from the book One Thousand and One Nights, and the result not only works very well, but also seems astounding for the time it was made. The animation is stylish and the story is fun, well made, and filled with magical characters and situations. This is a great film, which deserves more recognition from anyone. No wonder why the great French animator Michel Ocelot was influences by this film, it is one of the greatest animated films ever made. I recommend it to anyone.10/10

Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926) *** (out of 4) Considered to be the first animated film, we see the adventures of Prince Achmed who jumps on a magical horse who flies him around to various times including Aladdin and his magic lamp. The actual story isn't too interested but the "silhouette" animation is something truly beautiful. This type of animation was done using paper cutouts placed on glass, which was then lit by lights behind the glass. The images created are something incredible to look out especially the stuff with Aladdin. It took three years to do this film yet the hard work was certainly worth it.