The Adventures of Prince Achmed Blu-ray
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Posted October 15, 2018 06:29 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Milestone Films will release on Blu-ray Lotte Reiniger's classic film The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). The two-disc set will be available for purchase on November 13.
Synopsis: When The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany on September 23, 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.
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 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.
This cinematic treasure has been beautifully restored with its spectacular color tinting and with a new orchestral recording of the magnificent 1926 score by Wolfgang Zeller. Thrilling, sensuous and dazzling, Prince Achmed will enthrall children and film enthusiasts of all ages.
Content and Special Features:
Synopsis: When The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany on September 23, 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.
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 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.
This cinematic treasure has been beautifully restored with its spectacular color tinting and with a new orchestral recording of the magnificent 1926 score by Wolfgang Zeller. Thrilling, sensuous and dazzling, Prince Achmed will enthrall children and film enthusiasts of all ages.
Content and Special Features:
- HIGH-DEFINITION RESTORATION featuring original color tinting and toning
- Documentary feature about the director (60 min)
- Vintage commercial (1921)
- The Secret of the Marquise (1921)
- The Flying Coffer (1921)
- Dr. Dolittle: Lion s Den - German and English versions (1923)
- Dr. Dolittle: A Trip to Africa (1923)
- Dr. Dolittle: Cannibal Land (1923)
- The Death-Feigning Chinaman (1928)
- The Caliph Stork (1935)
- The Magic Horse (1953)
- Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1954)
- The Star of Bethlehem (1956)
- The Lost Son (1974)
