{"id":5939,"date":"2010-12-31T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2010-12-31T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:25:07","slug":"hansel-and-gretel-by-lotte-reiniger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/12\/31\/hansel-and-gretel-by-lotte-reiniger\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansel and Gretel by Lotte Reiniger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KxkIGXVwZTM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KxkIGXVwZTM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lotte_Reiniger\">Lotte Reiniger<\/a>, the animator who made the oldest surviving animated feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Adventures_of_Prince_Achmed\"><em>The Adventures of Prince Achmed<\/em><\/a>, created this version of Hansel and Gretel in 1955.  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