It reminded me of Lotte Reininger's work.

Extremely impressive animation and an OK story.

a true beauty in the world of shorts with amazing artwork!

Nice little short with a grim feeling to it. Old horror stories of the gothic era comes to mind.

Great short with beautiful imagery and a delightfully grim story. If the silhouette style is very in at the moment, and the plot doesn't move any mountains, the realization of both is never below solid.

A formidable little steampunk escapade that fits the descriptions of silhouette-animation, adventure, fantasy, sci-fi and horror with equal snugness. The story obviously needed at least feature length but was compressed to a mere 26 minutes, dispensing with details as big as conversation and focusing on direct, intensive exposition of plot. That's actually my only beef with this, though I've read talk of it being developed into a series (which may have fallen through). The text is great.

Beautiful in a totally unique way with a great story. A gem among shorties that was robbed of an Oscar.

Great short film. Dark, unusual, beautiful. Some voice acting didn't fit the characters, and the story isn't that great. Style is redeeming quality.

Very possibly the world's first steampunk movie. Nicely done

Stunning. The steampunk machinery is beautiful.

Elegant, yet simple. The only fault is that it is way too short.

If only it was longer.

Amazing animation paired with a good story.

pretty artwork, though it would be a bit samey if it were any longer. weak acting and fairly conventional story (as steampunk goes) drag it down a bit.

Average film. Don't see what all the hoopla about this is.

Absolutely amazing, you can't help but admire these original gems. If this had been an hour longer, I would've been speechless.