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Out of the Shadows : How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie author-Chris Moriarty Heidi throws her witch’s hatAn innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation Lotte Reiniger (18991981) was a German film director and animator best known for The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which was released in 1926 and is the oldest surviving animated movie. (It came out a full 11 years before Disneys Snow White!) As a little kid, Reiniger loved reading fairytales and fell in love with puppetry. At school, she learned about paperschnitte, or