This film is an example of what animation looked like in Germany in the 1920s. Or maybe I should only say Lotte Reiniger's animation. She was still fairly young when she made this 9-minute movie almost 90 years ago and went on to stay one of Germany's most famous animation filmmakers for decades to come. How much you will enjoy this silent short film all comes down to how much you like Reiniger's style. It's fairly similar in all her works. All about light and dark and it always reminds me of silhouettes. I myself am okay with her style, not one of my favorites, but I don't find it horrible either. However, I did not like this short film really that much. It was fairly difficult to understand what exactly was going on, even if you speak German and understand the massive spoiler in the film's title. All in all, I do not recommend it.
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