Ladislas STAREWICH
Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ
Ladislas STAREWITCH
Russia, 1912, 7mn 
Black and white, silent, animation
The Insects's Christmas
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Рождество обитателей леса

 

 Le Noël des habitants de la forêt

 Rozhdestvo obitateley lesa

 
Directed by : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Writing credits : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Cinematography : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Production design : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Production : A. Khanjonkov & C°
Release date in Russia : 31/12/1912
 

Plot synopsis
On Christmas night, Santa Claus leaves the toy tree and goes to the forest to organize a party for those who have woken up specially from their winter hibernation: beetles, dragonflies and frogs.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
La période russe de Ladislas Starewitch, Léona Béatrice MARTIN-STAREVITCH, François MARTIN, starewitch.fr, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2012

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