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Ah, the #BBC reminds us that someone beat #Disney to the punch a century ago 🕰️. A 26-year-old German woman dared to create an animated film without a single mouse in sight 🐭🚫. Clearly, the real Disney magic is in making everyone forget this ever happened 🎩✨.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260603-how-a-26-year-old-german-woman-made-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-animated-feature-film #Animation #History #GermanFilmmaker #AnimationWithoutMice #CreativeLegacy #HackerNews #ngated
'She beat Disney by a decade': How a 26-year-old German woman made the world's oldest animated feature film

Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed was released a century ago in 1926. This stop-motion classic makes her "a key figure in the history of cinema".

BBC