Fischinger Studio

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger

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

A work of abstract animation

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger

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

Muratti was a German brand of cigarettes. Fischinger transforms bunches of standing cigarettes into things that resemble human beings. At first they walk daintily around packages of Muratti tins. Gradually as the film progresses their motions become more graceful, as they do "slides" and other motions and formations associated with dance. The apotheosis of the film is remarkable: Dozens and dozens of cigarettes, arranged in Busby Berkeley-like fashion, repeatedly bow to the horizon, where a giant sun labeled "Muratti" rises in response to to their worshiping activity.

Short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Fischinger ad for Muratti cigarettes.