Children's Film Festival Seattle 2019 – The Adventures of Prince Achmed
This event took place on Jan 25, 2019
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
Lotte Reiniger
Germany
1926
1h 9m
Live Music
** Live score composed and performed by Miles & Karina! **
About
All ages
(animation, silent, with English intertitles)
The oldest existing animated feature, The Adventures of Prince Achmed was made by 23-year-old teacher Lotte Reiniger using the stop-motion and silhouette animation techniques she perfected. Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars headlong into a series of wondrous other adventures.
Celebrate the 10th anniversary performance of the film score by Miles & Karina, with accordion, guitar, banjo, viola, glockenspiel and percussion, which premiered at Children’s Film Festival Seattle a decade ago and has now traveled the world!
Thanks to our community partners the Seattle Area German American School and Goethe Pop-up Seattle for their support of this screening!
