Ladislaw Starewicz (update 28 04 09)

Ladislaw Starewicz (1882 - 1965) was a Polish/Russian/French stop-motion animator and film director.

He is considered to be the father of puppet animation and one of the most influental animators of all times. He created his first film in 1910 in Lithuania, but most of his masterpieces were created in Russia (The Cameraman's Revenge, The Dragonfly and the Ant, The Insects' Christmas) and in France, where he migrated after russian revilution (The Mascot).

But his most famous work is animated feature "Le roman de renard" (The Tale of the Fox). He earned 10 years of his life to creation of this animated masterpiece and finished it in 1939. The movie is considered to be the real treasure of cinema and is esthetically actual and impressive till nowadays.

These compilation consists of:

1. Animated feature "The Tale of the Fox" (1939) with english and russian subtitles

2. 13 shorts:

The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
The Insects' Christmas (1913)
The Lily of Belgium (1915)
The Frogs who wanted a King (1922)
Voice of the Nightingale (1923)
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1926)
The Magical Clock, or The Little Girl Who Wanted to Be a Princess (1928)
The Old Lion (1932)
The Mascot (1934)
The Navigator (1936)
Fleur de Fougere (1949)
Winter Carousel (1958)