Ladislas STAREWICH
Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ
Ladislas STAREWITCH
Russia, 1915, 13mn 
Black and white, animation
The Lily of Belgium
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Лилия Бельгии

 

 Le Lys de Belgique

 Lilia Belgui

 
Directed by : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Writing credits : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
 
Cast
Irene STAREWICH (Ирэн СТАРЕВИЧ)
 
Cinematography : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Production design : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Production : Comité Skobelevski
 

Plot synopsis
A little girl finds a damaged lily in the forest. She brings it back to her grandfather who was then lost in his thoughts on the horrors of the world war and the lily reminds him of the misfortunes of Belgium. To the little girl who asks him for a tale, he tells the story of the lily...
 

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
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2015
- Festival of Russian cinema in Nice, Nice (France), 2014
- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005

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