Movies: Władysław Starewicz
- 1912
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
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A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz' first animated films, and stars a cast of animated beetles....
- 1913
A Terrible Revenge (1913)
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A couple of lovers deal with an evil presence that is threatening them....
- 1941
The Tale of the Fox (1941)
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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. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him....
- 1923
The Nightingale's Voice (1923)
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A partly-animated short film, a fairy-tale-like telling of why the nightingale only sings at night. 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....
- 1913
The Grasshopper and the Ant (1913)
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An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snow arrives, the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die....
- 1918
Cagliostro (1918)
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The last of Starewicz's surviving Russian shorts...
- 1913
The Insects' Christmas (1913)
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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. He then invites all the insects, along with a friendly frog, to come and enjoy the gifts ...
- 1922
The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
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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. The frogs make obeisance to their new monarch, but they are dissatisfied and petition Ju...
- 1933
The Mascot (1933)
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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. The dog is then packed up along with a box full of other toys to be s...
- 1915
The Portrait (1915)
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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....
- 1912
The Beautiful Leukanida (1912)
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Two insects fight over the hand of a beautiful lady....
- 1927
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1927)
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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!)...
- 2003
Les Contes de l'horloge magique (2003)
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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. Nina, the clockmaker's little girl, begins to dream. She is a little street ...
- 1915
The Lily of Belgium (1915)
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When a young girl finds a beautiful dead lily in the woods, she asks her grandfather to tell her about it. The lily stands in splendour beside a stream, admired by the creatures of the woods. But an army of beetles, bent on conquering new territories...
- 1928
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1928)
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Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz....
- 1916
Viy (1916)
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- 1913
The Little House in Kolomna (1913)
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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 f...
- 1929
Paris Cinéma (1929)
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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. Pierre Chenal meets André Rigal who executes, in his workshop, a series of freehand d...
- 1921
The Scarecrow (1921)
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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....
- 1913
The Night Before Christmas (1913)
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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. A mischievous devil is trapped into providing service to the smith....