As the earliest surviving animated feature film.
The Plot is an adaptation of “The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou” from Andrew Lang’s the Blue Fairy Book(1889).The subject matter suited Lotte Reiniger’s distinctive and delicate cut out silhouette style, which has the feel of traditional of Asian shadow puppets.
Prince Achmed is also known as thr first film to
use a form of multiplane camera, 10 years ahead of Walt Disney in the USA.