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Additional authors

1. Sargeant, Erich.
2. Starewicz, Władysław, 1882-1965.
3. Mozzhukhin, Ivan.
4. Obolenskaia, Ol'ga.
5. Tridenskaia, Lidiia.
6. Starewicz, Irina.
7. Khanzhonkov (Firm)
8. Skobelev Committee.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Władysław Starewicz's later puppet animation is now better known than his beginnings at the Khanzhonkov Studio. He pioneered insect puppets in The dragonfly and the ant (Strekoza i muravei), based on a fable by Krylov, before turning to live-action fantasy in a version of Gogol's Christmas eve (Noch' pered rozhdestvom) and contibuting to the war effort with an anti-German allegory The lily of Belgium (Liliia Bel'gii).

Series statement

1. Early Russian cinema ; v. 3

Alternative title

1. Starewicz's fantasies
2. Dragonfly and the ant
3. Christmas Eve
4. Lily of Belgium

Subject

1. Feature films > Russia
2. Silent films > Russia

Contents

1. The dragonfly and the ant (1913) -- Christmas Eve (1913) -- The Lily of Belgium (1915).

Note

1. Silent film with Russian intertitles and English subtitles ; musical acc. added.
2. Animation and live action.

Credits (note)

1. Director, screenplay, photography, art direction, Władysław Starewicz ; production company, Khanzhonkov (1st and 2nd works), Skobelev Committee (3rd work).

Performer (note)

1. Ivan Mozzhukhin, Ol'ga Obolenskaia, Lidiia Tridenskaia ... [et al.] (2nd work) ; Irina Starewicz ... [et al.] (3rd work).

Original version (note)

1. Original production: c1991.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. Early Russian cinema [videorecording] : Starewicz's fantasies / produced by Erich Sargeant.

Imprint

1. New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video, 1992.

Series

1. Early Russian cinema ; v. 3

System details

1. VHS.

Original version

1. Original production: c1991.

Cast

1. Ivan Mozzhukhin, Ol'ga Obolenskaia, Lidiia Tridenskaia ... [et al.] (2nd work) ; Irina Starewicz ... [et al.] (3rd work).

Credits

1. Director, screenplay, photography, art direction, Władysław Starewicz ; production company, Khanzhonkov (1st and 2nd works), Skobelev Committee (3rd work).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. Sargeant, Erich.
2. Starewicz, Władysław, 1882-1965.
3. Mozzhukhin, Ivan.
4. Obolenskaia, Ol'ga.
5. Tridenskaia, Lidiia.
6. Starewicz, Irina.
7. Khanzhonkov (Firm)
8. Skobelev Committee.

Added title

1. Dragonfly and the ant [videorecording]
2. Christmas Eve [videorecording]
3. Lily of Belgium [videorecoriding]

Branch call number

1. Rus VC 792.9 E