Adventures of Prince Achmed

synopsis

A wicked sorcerer tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse, sending the rider on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures — joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Fiery Mountains, doing battle with the sorcerer’s army of monsters and demons, and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu.

When The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany in 1926 it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. More than seventy-five years later, this enchanting film still stands as one of the great classics of animation — beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly seductive.

 

Cast

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Directed by

Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

Written by

Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch