List of animated feature films before 1940
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940. All films were theatrically released in their country of origin.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | |
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| 1917 | ||||||
| The Apostle El Apóstol |
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Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | The first animated feature ever made, and in Argentina, but it is considered a lost film. | ||
| 1918 | ||||||
| Without a Trace Sin dejar rastros |
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Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | lost film | ||
| 1926 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed |
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Lotte Reiniger | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature. First animated film made in Germany | ||
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard |
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Ladislas Starevich | Stop motion | The first animated film to be made in France. Although completed in 1930, because of problems with the original soundtrack in French, it was not released. It premiered in Berlin 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. | ||
| 1931 | ||||||
| Peludo City Peludópolis |
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Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | lost film | ||
| 1935 | ||||||
| The New Gulliver Novyy Gullivyer |
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Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated film to be made in the Soviet Union. | |
| 1936 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Pinocchio Le avventure di Pinocchio |
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Umberto Spano Raul Verdini Romolo Bacchini |
CAIR | Traditional | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Italy, production never completed. | |
| 1937 | ||||||
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben |
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Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl |
Stop motion | |||
| Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons |  |
Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand |
Traditional | Package film | ||
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | The first animated film to be made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, the first in the United States, and to be presented in Technicolor. Won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | |
| 1939 | ||||||
| Gulliver's Travels | |
Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | ||
