Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Cinematographer,
Production designer,
Animator
Born 1882, Russian Empire (Russia)
 
Died 1965
Ladislas STAREWICH
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Ладислас Александрович СТАРЕВИЧ
Ladislas STAREWITCH
Also : Владислав СТАРЕВИЧ
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2022 - The Russian Period by Ladislas Starewitch 1909-1919 (Русский период Ладислас Старевич 1909-1919) [292 mn]
2018 - Carrousel (Carrousel) [animation]
2011 - Starewich's Fables after La Fontaine (Басни Старевича по басням Ля Фонтена) [animation, 70 mn]
2003 - Skazki (Сказки) [fiction, 65 mn]
1930 - The Tale of the Fox (Роман о лисе) [animation, 65 mn]
1928 - Malenkiy parad (Маленький парад) [animation, 20 mn]
1928 - The Magic Clock, or the Girl who Wanted to Be a Princess (Волшебные часы) [animation, 30 mn]
1925 - The Voice of the Nightingale (Голос соловья) [animation, 13 mn]
1924 - The Little Street Singer (Маленькая уличная певичка) [animation, 10 mn]
1921 - Babylas' Marriage (Свадьба Бабила) [animation, 15 mn]
1920 - In the Spiders Grip (В лапах паука) [animation, 13 mn]
1918 - Kaliostro (Калиостро) [fiction]
1918 - Sorochinskaya yarmarka (Сорочинская ярмарка)
1917 - K narodnoy vlasti (К народной власти)
1917 - Pan Tvardnovskiy (Пан Твардовский)
1917 - Sachka-naezdnik (Сашка-наездник)
1916 - Viy (Вий) [fiction]
1915 - Portret (Портрет) [fiction, 1200 m]
1915 - The Lily of Belgium (Лилия Бельгии) [animation, 13 mn]
1914 - Snegurochka (Снегурочка) [fiction, 945 m]
1914 - Petykh i pegaz (Петух и пегас) [animation]
1914 - Mars'Stepson (Пасынок Марса / Приемный сын Марса) [animation, 9 mn]
1913 - Noch pered rozhdestvom (Ночь перед Рождеством) [fiction, 115 m]
1913 - Strashnaya myest (Страшная месть) [fiction]
1913 - Grashopper and The Ant (Стрекоза и Муравей) [animation, 158 m]
1912 - Puteshestvie na Lunu (Путешествие на Луну) [fiction, 6 mn]
1912 - Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (Месть кинематографического оператора) [animation, 11 mn]
1912 - Aviatsionnaya nedelya nasekomykh (Авиационная неделя насекомых) [animation]
1912 - Happy scenes from animal life (Весёлые сценки из жизни животных) [animation, 134 m]
1912 - The Beautiful Leukanida (Прекрасная Люканида) [animation, 230 m]
1912 - The Insects's Christmas (Рождество обитателей леса) [animation, 7 mn]
 
Writer
2011 - Starewich's Fables after La Fontaine (Басни Старевича по басням Ля Фонтена) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 70 mn]
1930 - The Tale of the Fox (Роман о лисе) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 65 mn]
1928 - The Magic Clock, or the Girl who Wanted to Be a Princess (Волшебные часы) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 30 mn]
1925 - The Voice of the Nightingale (Голос соловья) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1924 - The Little Street Singer (Маленькая уличная певичка) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 10 mn]
1921 - Babylas' Marriage (Свадьба Бабила) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 15 mn]
1920 - In the Spiders Grip (В лапах паука) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1916 - Viy (Вий) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1915 - The Lily of Belgium (Лилия Бельгии) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1913 - Noch pered rozhdestvom (Ночь перед Рождеством) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction, 115 m]
1913 - Strashnaya myest (Страшная месть) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1913 - Grashopper and The Ant (Стрекоза и Муравей) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 158 m]
1912 - Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (Месть кинематографического оператора) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 11 mn]
1912 - Happy scenes from animal life (Весёлые сценки из жизни животных) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 134 m]
1912 - The Beautiful Leukanida (Прекрасная Люканида) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 230 m]
1912 - The Insects's Christmas (Рождество обитателей леса) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 7 mn]
 
Actor
1912 - The Brothers (Братья) from Piotr CHARDYNIN [fiction, 30 mn]
 
Cinematographer
1930 - The Tale of the Fox (Роман о лисе) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 65 mn]
1928 - Malenkiy parad (Маленький парад) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 20 mn]
1928 - The Magic Clock, or the Girl who Wanted to Be a Princess (Волшебные часы) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 30 mn]
1925 - The Voice of the Nightingale (Голос соловья) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1924 - The Little Street Singer (Маленькая уличная певичка) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 10 mn]
1921 - Babylas' Marriage (Свадьба Бабила) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 15 mn]
1920 - In the Spiders Grip (В лапах паука) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1916 - Viy (Вий) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1915 - The Lily of Belgium (Лилия Бельгии) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1914 - Mars'Stepson (Пасынок Марса / Приемный сын Марса) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 9 mn]
1913 - The Little House at Colomna (Домик в Коломне) from Piotr CHARDYNIN [fiction, 610 m]
1913 - Noch pered rozhdestvom (Ночь перед Рождеством) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction, 115 m]
1913 - Strashnaya myest (Страшная месть) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1913 - Gore Sarry (Горе Сарры) from Aleksandr ARKATOV [fiction, 22 mn]
1913 - Grashopper and The Ant (Стрекоза и Муравей) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 158 m]
1912 - Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (Месть кинематографического оператора) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 11 mn]
1912 - Happy scenes from animal life (Весёлые сценки из жизни животных) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 134 m]
1912 - The Beautiful Leukanida (Прекрасная Люканида) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 230 m]
1912 - The Insects's Christmas (Рождество обитателей леса) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 7 mn]
 
Production designer
2011 - Starewich's Fables after La Fontaine (Басни Старевича по басням Ля Фонтена) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 70 mn]
1930 - The Tale of the Fox (Роман о лисе) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 65 mn]
1916 - Viy (Вий) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1915 - The Lily of Belgium (Лилия Бельгии) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 13 mn]
1913 - Strashnaya myest (Страшная месть) from Ladislas STAREWICH [fiction]
1913 - Grashopper and The Ant (Стрекоза и Муравей) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 158 m]
1912 - Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora (Месть кинематографического оператора) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 11 mn]
1912 - Happy scenes from animal life (Весёлые сценки из жизни животных) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 134 m]
1912 - The Beautiful Leukanida (Прекрасная Люканида) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 230 m]
1912 - The Insects's Christmas (Рождество обитателей леса) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 7 mn]
 
Animator
2011 - Starewich's Fables after La Fontaine (Басни Старевича по басням Ля Фонтена) from Ladislas STAREWICH [animation, 70 mn]

Other films


Films réalisés en France :

- L'Epouvantail. 1921. 12 minutes.
- Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi. 1922. 20 minutes.
- Amour noir et blanc. 1923. 15 minutes.
- Les Yeux du dragon. 1925. 13 minutes.
- Le Rat des villes et le rat des champs. 1926. 10 minutes.
- La Cigale et la fourmi. 1927. 17 minutes.
- La Reine des papillons. 1927. 20 minutes.
- Le Roman de renard. 1929-1930. 65 minutes.
- Le Lion et le moucheron. 1932. 10 minutes.
- Le Lion devenu vieux. 1932. 10 minutes.
- Fétiche mascotte. 1933. 20 minutes.
- Fétiche prestidigitateur. 1934. 12 minutes.
- Fétiche se marie. 1935. 10 minutes.
- Fétiche en voyage de noces. 1936. 10 minutes.
- Fétiche chez les sirènes. 1937. 17 minutes.
- Zanzabelle à Paris. 1947.
- Fleur de fougère. 1949. 25 minutes.
- Gazouilly petit oiseau. 1953. 13 minutes.
- Gueule de bois. 1954. 16 minutes.
- Un Dimanche de Gazouilly. 1955. 13 minutes.
- Nez au vent. 1956. 13 minutes.
- Carrousel boréal. 1958. 13 minutes.
- Comme chien et chat. 1965. 3 minutes.
- Fétiche 33-12. 2012.
 
Sites : www.starewitch.fr/, Films en VOD / DVD
Awards :
Strashnaya myest :
Médaille d’or lors de l’exposition universelle de Milan, 1913
The Voice of the Nightingale :
Prix Hugo Riesenfeld du meilleur court métrage aux États-Unis en 1925.
Biography
Although his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs (and even they have to be pretty well informed), Wladyslaw Starewicz ranks alongside Walt Disney, as one of the great animation pioneers, and his career started nearly a decade before Disney's. He became an animator by accident - fascinated by insects, he bought a camera and attempted to film them, but they kept dying under the hot lights. Stop-motion animation provided an instant (if slow) solution, and Starewicz discovered that he had a natural talent for it. He subsequently made dozens of short films, mostly featuring his trademark stop-motion puppets, but also live action films (some blending live action and animation), moving to France after the Russian Revolution to continue his career. His longest and most ambitious film was the feature-length 'Tale of the Fox', which took ten years to plan and eighteen months to shoot. Starewicz' films were virtually one-man shows (writer/director/cameraman/designer/animator), though other important contributions (in front of and behind the camera) were made by his daughters.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Brooke
Wladyslaw Starewicz, a grand master of animation, was one of the directors of Lovno Museum of Natural History and graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. He began making puppet films about 1911 (see 'Mest finematograficheskogo operatou'), emigrated to France in 1920 and continued to develop there his technique for plastic animation with the help of his two daughters, Irene Starewicz and Nina Star, whose birth-name was Jeannie Starewicz. He, with the help of his daughters, in front of and behind the camera, employed articulated puppets constructed with an extraordinary precision, with features that could be altered at will (with stop-motion)to produce any desired expression, and dressed in costumes designed with great attention to detail. He filmed laboriously, frame by frame, and produced some of the most fantastic storybook characters and tales ever seen on the screen.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Les Adams
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823088/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
 
Commentaries and bibliography
- 50 dessins animés ayant marqué l’histoire du cinéma russe et soviétique (vidéos) Maria TOKMACHEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix faits que vous ne connaissiez (probablement) pas sur le cinéma russe 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- La Période russe de Ladislas Starewitch 1909-1919 : les débuts d’un maestro de l’animation (en DVD et VOD) JIHELBEY, 2023, on-mag.fr
- Amour et guerre d’insectes: comment a été réalisé le 1er film d’animation de la Russie tsariste 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- La période russe de Ladislas Starewitch Léona Béatrice MARTIN-STAREVITCH, François MARTIN, 2022, starewitch.fr
- Le Roman de Renart [1930, Ladislas Sarewitch] Emilien PEILLON, 2021, Le Bleu du miroir
- Ladislas Starewitch : pionnier des marionnettes et de l’animation en volume Frédéric MONTEIL, 2021, larenedairain.fr
- Ladislas STAREWITCH. Filmographie 2021 François MARTIN, 2021, starewitch.fr
- Dossier d'accompagnement du film Carroussel de Ladislas et Irène STAREWITCH Léona Béatrice MARTIN-STAREWITCH et François MARTIN, 2020, starewitch.fr
- Высшие формы — «Прекрасная Люканида» Владислава Старевича Yuriy Mikhaylin, 2020, Seance.ru
- STAREWITCH, MODOT et BUÑUEL. La liberté d’esprit en partage. L. B. MARTIN-STAREWITCH, F. MARTIN, 2020, starewitch.fr
- Ladislas Starewitch : parler de cinéma François MARTIN, 2019, Slovo, Presses de l’INALCO
- Les Poupées animées de Ladislas Starewitch (1930) Robert de BEAUPLAN, Pierre ICHAC, 2019, La Belle Equipe, 02/02/2019
- Animer Starewitch François MARTIN, 2018, L'HARMATTAN
- L’univers fabuleux de Ladislas Starewitch Catherine GERY, 2016, Presses de l'Inalco
- Киностудии дореволюционной России [Studios d'avant la Révolution russe] Анастасия ВОЙКО, 2015, culture.ru
- Ladislas Starewitch précurseur à Kaunas du cinéma lituanien François MARTIN, 2015, Cahiers lituaniens
- L’adaptation des classiques littéraires nationaux, dans le cinéma russe prérévolutionnaire : un réflexe culturel ? Jasmine JACQ, 2014, Université de Franche-Comté
- Ladislas Starewitch, sa vie, ses Fables Fleur CHEVALIER, 2011, iletaitunefoislecinema.com
- La Nuit de Noël de Ladislas STAREWITCH 2010, ls.pagesperso-orange.fr
- Le Roman de Renart de Ladislas STAREWITCH Olivier BITOUN, 2006, dvdclassik.com
- Les Contes de l'horloge magique de Ladislas Starewitch Olivier BITOUN, 2006, dvdclassik.com
- Le monde magique de Ladislas STAREWITCH Olivier BITOUN, 2006, dvdclassik.com
- Ladislas Starewitch (1882-1965), « le cinéma... rend visibles les rêves de l'imagination. » Léona Béatrice MARTIN & François MARTIN L’Harmattan, 2003, L’Harmattan
- Первый мультипликатор. Александр Ханжонков о Владиславе Старевиче [Propos d'Aleksandr Khanjonkov au sujet de Ladislas Starewitch] , Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV, 1968,
 
 
Photos and videos
Photographie et marionnettes de l'exposition Starewitch, 37 ème Festival international du film de La Rochelle, 2009