Oskar Fischinger

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a...

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a...

In the 1936 short Allegretto, diamond and oval shapes in primary colors perform a sensual, upbeat ballet to the music of composer Ralph Rainger. The...

One of the first color films in Europe, made with the Gaspar Color process.

In Fischinger's study No. 7, the shapes of Study No. 6 move to the 5th Hungarian dance by Johannes Brahms.

Motion Painting No. 1 is a 1947 experimental short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann...

An abstract film in which every motion of coloured shapes is in strict synchronization with music. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Compilation of abstract animated films by Oskar Fischinger; includes his short films Spirals, Spiritual Constructions, Study 6, Liebesspiel, Radio...

In 1927, motivated by a longing for freedom, Fischinger set off on a walking trip from Munich to Berlin. Covering the distance in nearly four weeks,...

For the production of this film, Oskar Fischinger tinted various layers of hot wax. After cooling, the resulting lump of wax resembled a marble cake....

One of Oskar Fischinger's earliest films, Seelische Konstruktionen (as it is known in German), clearly points the way to the masterpieces of...

An animated experimental film showing coloured circles moving to classical music, which only got past the 1934 censors billed as a commercial.

In 'Spirals' Oskar Fischinger designed visual patterns of extreme complexity which often develop in overlapping cycles, yet he interrupts these...

A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian...

A continuous movement. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

An experiment into what the director termed 'colour rhythm'.

An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

The first Studies were synchronized with records (Fischinger made a total of 13 Studies all without sound). It was only with the introduction of...

Directed by Oskar Fischinger.

An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

Stars and stripes forever and ever and ever. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

An experiment in color and rhythm with no music. An unfinished film that was later edited into Radio Dynamics.

An experimental abstract animation.

Short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

An abstract to music from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart.

Music by Rubinstein, “Dance of Torches.”

An abstract ballet set to "I've Never Seen a Smile Like Yours".

An abstract to music from "Aida" by Verdi.

Fischinger's abstract designs accompanied by Gitta Alpar singing. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Parallel bars moving up and down in rhythmic patterns.

When loving Geppetto creates a wooden puppet, his wish is granted when it comes to life as a little wooden boy named Pinocchio. With his faithful...

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger

Short animation experiment drawn by Oskar Fischinger

Short animation experiment drawn by Oskar Fischinger

A work of abstract animation

An abstract film in which every motion of coloured shapes is in strict synchronization with music. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

The black and white, live-action Swiss Trip, scored with Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto (like Motion Painting No. 1), is kind of a nature or travel...

3-screen experimental animation

A short experimental film.

A work of abstract animation

Curious and intrigued by technological advances, Fischinger here also experiments with "synthetic sound" (he would not be the only one: later Norman...

What remains, unedited, of the first episode of a serial by several hands, subject to a form of supervision-control by Fischinger. It opens with an...

An mutoscope motion picture installation commissioned for the 86th anniversary of the Guggenheim museum. Later preserved and turned into a short...

Never-released early experiments, animation drawings and tests from Oskar Fishcinger.

a short animation from Oskar Fischinger, drawings with periodic colour coding and some cells completely painted.