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Starewicz's fantasies, Wladislaw Starewicz's later puppet animation is now better known than his brilliant beginning at the Khanzhonkov Studio. He pioneered insect-puppets in The ant and the grasshopper (1911), before turning to live-action fantasy in a version of Gogol's Christmas ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Milestone Film & Video, British Film Institute
Other Authors: Starewicz, Władysław, 1882-1965, Mozzhukhin, Ivan Ilʹich, 1889-1939, Obolenskai︠a︡, Olʹga, Tridenskai︠a︡, Lidii︠a︡, Starevich, Irina
Format: Video DVD
Language:Russian
Language Notes:Silent films with Russian intertitles and English subtitles.
Published: London : New York, N.Y. : British Film Institute ; Milestone Film & Video, [2008]
Series:Early Russian cinema (DVD) ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Silent films.
Animated films.
Short films.
Puppet films.
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Summary:Starewicz's fantasies, Wladislaw Starewicz's later puppet animation is now better known than his brilliant beginning at the Khanzhonkov Studio. He pioneered insect-puppets in The ant and the grasshopper (1911), before turning to live-action fantasy in a version of Gogol's Christmas eve (1913) and contributing to the war effort with an anti-German allegory The lily of Belgium (1915).
Item Description:Title from the disc label.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:Director, Vladislav Starevich.