The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1931)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

How sad is this?

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

An old one but a very good one, this : one of the oldest, if not THE oldest, full-length animation films yet in existence. Entirely executed in "silhouette" technique, the movie demanded several years of exquisitely difficult and precise work. "Die Abenteuer" tells a story based on tales from "1001 Nights". It is an enormously charming work, which breathes wit, refinement and imagination. It also breathes technical prowess. The silhouettes are so precise, so vivid, that they can express or reproduce anything : feathers, tresses, flowers, rocks, armour, delicate veils and semi-translucent fabrics. Far from static, the movie is full of life and movement. It allows for wondrous transformations : birds turn into women, while trees turn into monsters, witches or spirits. One of the high points consists of a duel between two powerful magicians, who change form and shape constantly. (I would not be surprised to learn that this is where Disney got the inspiration for the fight between Merlin and the evil witch.) If you like the movie (and it is very hard to see how anyone could dislike it) you might want to take a look at the work of illustrator Kay Nielsen, who created a stunning series on the "1001 Nights" theme. The medium is different, but the atmosphere is very similar.

This classic film has been said to be the earliest available feature length animated film, and for such old animation, it's really incredible. Perhaps this movie came out in 1926, but its animation is superior in quality to much animation that was produced decades later. In this adventure epic, creatures transform into other creatures, there are battles with monsters and demons, evil is conquered, love is found, and magical horses are flown on. It's a whimsical and highly entertaining feast for the eyes that also has a very eerie and at times straight up scary feel to it. Since its so old, it feels like I'm watching the creations of a ghost. All of those involved with this movie are long dead, but we can now still witness this unique little mark they left. It's really beautiful in an odd sort of way.There is one unfortunate flaw: the characters really aren't memorable. Its very cliché and traditional and the overall plot is barely present. Story and character wise this movie is quite weak, but it is filled with such fantastic visuals and is such an important and fascinating historical artifact that I must give it a high recommendation to all.

Watching The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) is exactly like watching cutouts coming to life. It resembles a magical play and it certainly is not your ordinary animated feature. Aside from being the one of the first made and oldest surviving in the world, it is also one of the very few movies that are exceedingly detailed and exquisite from start to end. Highly inventive and creative in storytelling, each frame are painstakingly crafted and put together by hand resulting beautiful scenes in the animated feature. Even if the casts are merely silhouettes of the cutouts, we are able to feel the character's emotions as the magnificent music sets the mood and the body movements of the cutouts are straightforward, making the animation vivid.What I loved most about this animated feature is that it is truly artistic. Lotte Reiniger is a German but she is able to produce beautiful Arabian and Chinese cutout sets. If she is not a genius, I don't know what she would be! Some stuffs may not be historically accurate or make sense but well it's 1926 so it's actually pretty decent especially they do not have as much resources as we have today to refer or learn from! Hence, it is really amazing to able to watch what a woman's creativity and cutouts can do!So, can I call Lotte Reiniger the Mother of Animation? Actually why not? Lotte Reiniger rightfully is the Mother of Animation!! She invented her own technique and pioneered the earliest form of stop motion animation into a feature film. She is one of the first female film directors and certainly is the first female animated feature film director! Also, even though over 88 years has passed, her The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) is still so enchanting and mesmerizing; it will not fail to capture the hearts of all animation fans! (Though I must mention and clarify that it would be given that the animation fan do not anti-fairy tales and don't mind the cultural depictions or societal elements)Seriously, I never thought the animation or the output would be that great, how could she possibly achieve this kind of animation that is so exquisitely animated, in 1926?! I watched this in disbelief and certainly am lost for words for a while because it is the third oldest animated feature and it is also so much more interesting, pleasant, beautiful, insert all the praise words here, in comparison to some of the decades much newer films!Therefore, The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) is truly a wonder of animation and if you are blessed to watch this, I am sure you will appreciate the art of animation more. I do not know how else I could express my respect and admiration other than highly recommending this to you. It is truly one indisputable great movie. (I'll be mad if you say it's not great!)

Although a couple of long-lost Argentinean films may or may not predate it, this stands in the history books as the oldest surviving feature-length animated picture in history, a fact which is genuinely astounding given how well it's aged. Although the entire film is populated by silhouettes, the creative intellects responsible quickly shift that handicap into a calling card. Extravagantly ornate character and set designs give us more than enough to establish the cast and tell its ambitious fairy tale, while the thick black mattes leave just as much of the screen to be filled in by the viewer's imagination. Judged by modern standards the pace is very slow, but the plot - lifted piecemeal from a dozen different myths and fables - moves in unexpectedly bold directions. Best viewed as a spectacular time capsule, it's an enlightening glimpse at the roots of a proud industry that's yet to finish its first century.