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Władysław Starewicz (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida (1912). He also used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his films. Following the Russian Revolution, Starevich settled in France.
Total trailers found: 65
01 November 1917
A worker and union leader is falsely accused of theft, by a boss who is lusting after his fiancée
10 June 1927
Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star.
01 January 1913
A Father Christmas ornament climbs down from a decorated tree, and goes to the forest. There he creates and decorates a Christmas tree for the forest creatures.
01 January 1927
The Country Rat visits his friend the Town Rat, but finds that life in the great metropolis is rather too hectic (and dangerous - there's a live cat among all the puppet rodents!
09 September 1913
This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue.
31 December 1932
short Starewicz documentary about his process of animation
10 October 1915
When a young girl finds a beautiful dead lily in the woods, she asks her grandfather to tell her about it.
11 March 1924
A little girl tries to help her mother with the aid of an agile monkey.
21 October 1929
The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including animation techniques.
20 February 2009
The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world.
01 September 1937
The Mascot and his wife are on an island. When going out to fish, Mascot ends up being enchanted by a mermaid.
10 December 2003
In the night, at the top of a big clock, three little automatons come to life in turn: an agile monkey, a pretty dancer and an acrobatic jester, driven by clever mechanisms.
11 November 1928
A clockmaker’s daughter daydreams of a magic world inside a clock.
20 January 2004
This collection of vintage cartoons is not only a loopy primer on animation history; it is also an offbeat reflection of western "civilization" in the early 20th century.
04 April 1925
Formerly Prince Tchao-sin loved Princess Hadjuin-li, but the wicked Lao-Tchang opposed their happiness.
01 January 1933
A toy stuffed dog has just been sewn together when it hears a young child ask for an orange. The child's mother explains that they have no money, and so she cannot buy any oranges.
01 January 1954
While the twelve strokes of midnight slowly sound in the night and the lights go out in the windows of old Montmartre, a devil is born in a puddle of rum, thrown by some drunkard.
31 December 1932
Two animated fables by La Fontaine "The Old Lion" ("Le lion devenu vieux") and "The Lion and the Gnat" ("Le Lion et le Moucheron").
16 October 1912
Based on the story "The Man from the Restaurant" by I. Shmelev. The creators of the movie are unknown.
01 January 1921
A drunken gardener is challenged to a poker match by agents of the Devil; replete with location shots in Hades of the Devil giving orders to his agents on Earth.
26 December 1913
Based on Gogol's story. It is Christmas Eve, and the town witches’ son, a blacksmith, seeks an honest marriage to his love who wishes for a pair of shoes fit for the Tsarina.
02 January 1927
A little girl working as a carnival dancer is given a gift of a caterpillar as a joke. She spares the caterpillar's life, and becomes the Queen of the Butterflies.
01 December 1909
A reconstruction of mating rituals of stag beetles
09 October 1915
A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long, but only an 8 minute fragment is known to have survived.
09 October 1913
Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pass by her window, and she has one particular favourite.
18 January 1958
A small group of animals gathers around a frozen pond. The animals then play together on the ice and in the snow.
01 January 1919
The film tells the story of Judas and Satan wandering the world in search of a virgin who could become the mother of the new Evil.
10 April 1941
In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him.
21 December 1923
A young girl who has caught a nightingale dreams about the songbird and its mate, and comes to realize that birds are not meant to be captive.
25 April 1912
Two insects fight over the hand of a beautiful lady.
27 October 1912
A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema.
15 May 1934
While a child sleeps her puppet dog creates a magical circus for her.
01 January 1913
A couple of lovers deal with an evil presence that is threatening them.
31 December 1923
The misadventures of a traveling theatrical company, as the actors attempt to put on a show while romantic rivalries erupt backstage.
22 February 1913
An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time.
01 January 1956
A bear, a rabbit and a fox decide to form a band and play for the animals of the forest.
01 January 1949
Jeannot, a young boy living in the countryside with his mother and grandfather, ventures into the forest at night to pick a fern flower before the cock crows.
01 July 1935
The Mascot serenades a lady dog. Another dog that listened and liked the song, wants to imprison Mascot so that he sings in his house.
31 December 1932
The old Lion King, oblivious to the fact that he has become the laughing stock of his Royal household, dreams of more heroic days.
01 January 1936
A dog's shipboard honeymoon voyage takes a turn for the worse when a fierce storm hits the ship.
01 January 1913
Alcoholism and its Ill-Effects was considered to be one of the most popular science propaganda (or educational) films produced in Russia before the revolution of 1917.
01 January 1921
The film is a delightful tale of a spoiled wedding between child's toys which shows Starewicz's typical style of making amusing films appropriate for children without much sentimentality.
01 January 1922
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king.
31 December 1912
An insect-wedding animated in stop-motion.
01 January 1986
A study of the legendary Polish cinemagician, whose exquisite model animations include the featurette The Tale of the Fox (1931), in which a typical 3-minute sequence required up to a quarter of a million different puppet scenes.
