Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2024 at 01:39:52 (UTC)

Original – The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German animated film by Lotte Reiniger, based on One Thousand and One Nights.

Reason: The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving feature-length animation. It's the best-known work by German director Lotte Reiniger and showcases her unique visual style, which used a novel multiplane camera setup to recreate the look of a shadow play.
Articles in which this image appears: The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, Silhouette animation, Shadow play
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Lotte Reiniger (director)

Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 01:39, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support due to historical significance, but it's a pity that the original intertitles have been replaced. --Janke | Talk 08:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:49, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I second Janke's misgivings about the intertitles but support anyway. — Moonreach (talk) 14:10, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]