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eid_ka_chand10 icons from the beautiful silent animation film 'Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed' (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) for eid_ka_chand 2010 Eid-Al-thon.
Feel free to use icons as bases! All images sourced from Google. Credit toesperante is welcome, but not necessary!
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[from Wikipedia: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (Arabic: مغامرات الامير احمد) is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film, and it featured a silhouette animation technique Reiniger had invented which involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. The technique she used for the camera is similar to Wayang shadow puppets (though hers were animated frame by frame, not manipulated in live action). The original prints featured color tinting.
The story is based on the elements taken from the collection 1001 Arabian Nights, specifically The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou featured in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. With the assistance of Aladdin, the Witch of the Fiery Mountain, and a magic horse, the title character reclaims the magic lamp and conquers the African sorcerer. The culminating scene in the film is the battle between die Hexe (the witch) and die africanische Zauberer (the African sorcerer), in which those characters undergo fabulous transformations. All is well in the end: Aladdin marries Dinarsade (Achmed's sister and daughter of the Caliph); Achmed marries Pari Banu; the African sorcerer is defeated; and the foursome return to the Caliph's kingdom.]
You can watch it here. Be warned though -- the animation is absolutely enchanting! Coming across this movie while channel surfing, I was riveted till the end. It was a gorgeous way to experience one (of the many) interpretations of the stories from the Arabian Nights. Some of the representations are seriously hilarious (watch out for the elephant!), but overall it's an absolute visual treat.
eid_ka_chand 2010 Eid-Al-thon.Feel free to use icons as bases! All images sourced from Google. Credit to
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[from Wikipedia: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (Arabic: مغامرات الامير احمد) is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film, and it featured a silhouette animation technique Reiniger had invented which involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. The technique she used for the camera is similar to Wayang shadow puppets (though hers were animated frame by frame, not manipulated in live action). The original prints featured color tinting.
The story is based on the elements taken from the collection 1001 Arabian Nights, specifically The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou featured in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. With the assistance of Aladdin, the Witch of the Fiery Mountain, and a magic horse, the title character reclaims the magic lamp and conquers the African sorcerer. The culminating scene in the film is the battle between die Hexe (the witch) and die africanische Zauberer (the African sorcerer), in which those characters undergo fabulous transformations. All is well in the end: Aladdin marries Dinarsade (Achmed's sister and daughter of the Caliph); Achmed marries Pari Banu; the African sorcerer is defeated; and the foursome return to the Caliph's kingdom.]
You can watch it here. Be warned though -- the animation is absolutely enchanting! Coming across this movie while channel surfing, I was riveted till the end. It was a gorgeous way to experience one (of the many) interpretations of the stories from the Arabian Nights. Some of the representations are seriously hilarious (watch out for the elephant!), but overall it's an absolute visual treat.
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