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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed = The adventures of Prince Achmed /

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: MILE081 | Milestone Film & VideoSubtitle language: German, English Publication details: Harrington Park, N.J. : Milestone Film & Video, [2002], ©1926.Description: 1 videocassette (65 min.) : silent, tinted black and white ; 1/2 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videocassette

Other title:

Adventures of Prince Achmed

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72

LOC classification:

PN1997 .A24 2002

Production credits:

Editor, Nina Goslar ; original music, Wolfgang Zeller.

Summary: Premiered in Germany in 1926 and is based on the stories from "The Arabian nights", this movie has been hailed as the first full-length animated film. This is the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse that sends the rider off on a flight to his death.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1126 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050122571

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1926.

Neither the original negatives nor a complete copy of the original German version exists. The following reconstruction is based on an existing tinted and toned nitrate copy which was held at the National Film and Television Archive, London.

Bonus material: 1921 animated advertising trailer ; Lotte Reiniger : Homage to the inventor of the silhouette film, a film by Katja Raganelli (1999, 64 min.).

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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed = The adventures of Prince Achmed /