Die Barcarole (1924)

• 48%
• 1924
• Animation

Among Lotte Reiniger s commissioned pieces are several advertising film for the Julius Pinschewer agency, including: "Le Secret de la Marquisin" (The Secret of the Marquise) for Nivea skin cream and "La Barcarolle" (The Barcarolle) for Pralinés Mauxion dessert. Other pieces commissioned by Pinschewer (e. g. a commercial for ink) are considered lost. "La Barcarolle" is an unusual take on the "Romeo and Juliet" theme with the suitors arriving in Venetian gondolas (a barcarolle is a musical piece whose measure is designed to resemble the swaying of a gondola).