Władysław Starewicz Movies

The last of Starewicz's surviving Russian shorts

An insect-wedding animated in stop-motion.

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...

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...

Two animated fables by La Fontaine "The Old Lion" ("Le lion devenu vieux") and "The Lion and the Gnat" ("Le Lion et le Moucheron").

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.

A worker and union leader is falsely accused of theft, by a boss who is lusting after his fiancée

A couple of lovers deal with an evil presence that is threatening them.

A bear, a rabbit and a fox decide to form a band and play for the animals of the forest.

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,...

The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...

Two insects fight over the hand of a beautiful lady.

While a child sleeps her puppet dog creates a magical circus for her.

Alcoholism and its Ill-Effects was considered to be one of the most popular science propaganda (or educational) films produced in Russia before the...

The misadventures of a traveling theatrical company, as the actors attempt to put on a show while romantic rivalries erupt backstage.

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...

A clockmaker’s daughter daydreams of a magic world inside a clock.