In a house on the coast, Doktor Dolittle lives with a monkey, a little dog, a pig, a crocodile, a duck and a parrot. He knows the language of animals. A swallow flies to him and tells of a terrible disease among monkeys in distant Africa. Dolittle and his animals board a ship and begin a hilarious journey.
Direction
Lotte Reiniger invented silhouette animation — every frame cut by hand.
Practical Effects
Shadow puppets with more personality than most CGI creatures.
Director
Lotte Reiniger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reiniger animated by hand-cutting characters from black cardboard, manipulating them frame-by-frame on a backlit glass table.
This predates Disney's 'Snow White' by nearly a decade, yet remains obscure — animation history has a serious woman problem.
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