The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany on 23rd September 1926, hailed as the first full-length animated film in the history of cinema. Seventy-five years on, this enchanting film still stands as one of the great classics of animation - lively, delicate, inventive, stirring and romantic.

Taken from “The Arabian Nights”, the story tells of a wicked sorcerer who lures Prince Achmed onto a magical flying horse and sends him off on a flight to his death. The Prince foils the magician’s evil plan, however, and flies headlong into a series of adventures - joining forces with Aladdin, doing battle with assorted ogres, monsters and spirits, and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu.

This film has been beautifully restored, with a new recording of the original magnificent orchestral score. The DVD includes a 60-minute documentary on Lotte Reiniger, pioneer of silhouette animation.