1926, BERLIN, GERMANY: A frame from the celebrated silhouette animation movie THE ADVENTURES of PRINCE ACHMED by woman director Lotte Reiniger (1899 -1981) and Carl Koch. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The story is based on elements taken from the One Thousand and One Nights, specifically" The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" featured in Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book. -Le avventure del principe Achmed-Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed