An utterly charming 2 minute cartoon from the legendary Lotte Reiniger, famed for her unique method of silhouette-animation.
Here we see Versailles-style aristocrats cavorting, and the riddle is posed: What keeps the Marquise's skin so delicately white? The answer: Nivea soap... it turns out the whole thing is a commercial!
It's a good intro to Reiniger's style,and a good way of testing whether you'd like to tackle The Adventures of Prince Achmed (a masterpiece,but not for all tastes).
Other Reiniger cartoons are harder to get hold of.
Does anyone out there know of a source?
Here we see Versailles-style aristocrats cavorting, and the riddle is posed: What keeps the Marquise's skin so delicately white? The answer: Nivea soap... it turns out the whole thing is a commercial!
It's a good intro to Reiniger's style,and a good way of testing whether you'd like to tackle The Adventures of Prince Achmed (a masterpiece,but not for all tastes).
Other Reiniger cartoons are harder to get hold of.
Does anyone out there know of a source?