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The Star of Bethlehem

'The Star of Bethlehem' tells the Christmas story in the style of medieval nativity plays. The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey. The King Herod fears the child in the manger, and seeks to kill it, but an angel prevents his evil intentions. The film is an example of how Lotte Reiniger has her silhouette technique enriched by coloured acetate films. The backgrounds have the vibrancy of coloured stained glass windows.

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Release : 1956
Rating : 6.4
Studio : BFI Video,  Primrose Film Productions,  Cathedral Films, 
Crew : Production Design,  Director, 
Cast : Barbara Ruick
Genre : Animation TV Movie

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Reviews

SpuffyWeb
2018/08/30

Sadly Over-hyped

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SnoReptilePlenty
2018/08/30

Memorable, crazy movie

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Steineded
2018/08/30

How sad is this?

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Logan
2018/08/30

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Sober-Friend
2017/04/02

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. Some people only review one film. When it just one review you cant trust them no matter what their opinion may be. I have reviewed over 200 Holiday films. i have no agenda This animated short tells the story of the birth of Jesus and the events that surrounded his birth. Well made and not insulting to anybody. If your looking for a well made Christmas cartoon that is about the birth of Jesus then watch this one. It is available to stream for free.

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Michael_Elliott
2012/11/30

The Star of Bethlehem (1956) * 1/2 (out of 4)Pretty bland animated short tells the story that I'm sure most people are already going to know going in. While watching this film I kept wondering if perhaps it was produced to try and cash in on the success of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS from Cecil B. DeMille. I will admit that I liked the approach that director Vivian Milroy took in the visual style but this still isn't enough to make up for the bland storytelling. The actual look of the film was quite unique as everything in the background was in color as was any actual non-living object. The actual humans were always shown in shadow only and this mixed against the colorful backdrop actually made for a good looking picture. The problem with the short is that it simply doesn't feature any exciting storytelling. The actual story is going to be familiar to most so it doesn't tell us anything in a new fashion or an original way. Even at just 10-minutes the film drags along and becomes tiresome after a while.

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JohnHowardReid
2009/05/24

"Star of Bethlehem" (no article), A Primrose Production, was released in England by Archway in February, 1957. It ran 18 minutes. Publicity for the movie proclaimed that it marked "the first time Lotte Reiniger has worked in colour (sic)." Reiniger is credited with "Design". She and her husband, Carl Koch, are credited as "Animators". The director was Vivian Milroy; the film editor, Reg Spragg; music was composed by Peter Gellhorn. And there was a spoken commentary by Anthony Jacobs. Producers Louis Hagen and Richard Kaplan sold the short to Cathedral Films in the USA. I've not seen the U.S. version, but I doubt that it included "Reiniger's dramatically grotesque devils that vividly evoke medieval German illustrations."

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buxtehude99
2006/11/14

This may be the 1921 "Stern von Bethlehem" by Lotte Reininger. Many years ago, I picked this up on VHS. I have subsequently seen "The Adventures of Prince Achmed", and have realized that this must be by the same artists. The print on my tape was awful, but once you got past the credits, it settled down. If you click on the credited names in this website, Lotte Reininger's name comes up, referring to the Aladdin sequence in "Achmed", which I have heard was re-cut to stand alone. I think the "direction" for this version refers only to the spoken narrative, nicely done, by the way, but sometimes clumsily written. It would be nice of IMDb to tie Reininger's work together under her name. Of course, I may be completely wrong! I am hoping that this is the "Star of Bethlehem (and three Holiday favorites)" on Amazon from Westwood Entertainment. Any Reininger scholars out there?

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