Kaiser (film)

Kaiser is a short animated film, directed by the cartoonist Álvaro Marins, the Seth, in 1917. It is considered the first cartoon produced in Brazil.[1]

Kaiser
The only surviving frame from Kaiser, by Álvaro Marins, the Seth.
Directed byÁlvaro Marins
Release date
  • January 22, 1917 (1917-01-22)
CountryFirst Brazilian Republic

The film premiered on January 22, 1917, at Cine Pathé in Rio de Janeiro, months before Brazil declared war on Germany and started its participation in World War I. It consisted of a political cartoon, showing the emperor Wilhelm II putting on his head a helmet that represented the control over the world. Then, a terrestrial globe grew and swallowed the German leader.[2]

Since 1907 the Brazilian cinemas already presented/displayed animated vignettes in the closure of the newsreels. However, Kaiser was the first Brazilian autonomous animation to be shown.

The film was not preserved and is now a lost film, leaving only a single frame image.

Legacy

Unfortunately, the film was not preserved and was lost forever, leaving only a reference image of the work. To honor the artist and his creation, the director of the film Luz, Anima, Ação, Eduardo Calvet, invited 8 Brazilian animators of different techniques:[3] Marão (traditional 2D), Zé Brandão (digital 2D), Stil (animation on paper), Pedro Iuá (clay), Marcos Magalhães (animation in film), Diego Akel (pixilation), Fábio Yamaji (light painting) and Rosana Urbes (2D metalanguage). Each one recreated a sequence of the film in their own way, in a rich, diverse and surprising collective animation.

It was shown in August at Anima Mundi 2013.

See also

References
  1. Animação pioneira satiriza imperador e apoia serviço militar. Almanaque Brasil
  2. GOMES, Andréia Prieto. História da Animação no Brasil Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 'Luz, Anima, Ação!' conta a história dos filmes de animação no Brasil
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