This 13-minute black-and-white movie is Lotte Reiniger's take on the famous "Aschenputtel" story. As usual with her work, it is a black-and-white film and silent of course too, which should be no surprise looking at how this one is 95 years old. And it is Reiniger's scissor cut animation style once again in this fairly early work by the filmmaker. The original tale comes from the Brothers Grimm, but they sadly did not live to see this one. Or maybe not sadly as I personally did not enjoy the watch too much. I have seen some other of Reiniger's works and I guess the style just isn't my preferred choice. I will admit though that it rarely is the case that I don't miss sound in these silent films, but for Reiniger's works I believe they work better without sound than with sound. What I also found interesting is the great love for detail here, strangely enough especially for the bad guys. We saw their eyes for example, but never Aschenputtel's eyes. Overall, I give it a thumbs-down. It has its pros, but not enough to let me recommend it. Like I wrote before though, this may only be a matter pf personal preference.
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