The Cameraman's Revenge

The Cameraman's Revenge (Russian: Месть кинематографического оператора) is a 1912 Russian experimental stop-motion animated short film directed and written by Władysław Starewicz.[1][2][3][4] It, along with other works by Starewicz, stands out in the history of stop-motion animation for its use of actual dried insect specimens (beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc.) as articulated stop-motion puppets portraying all of the characters.

The Cameraman's Revenge
Russian: Месть кинематографического оператора
Directed byWładysław Starewicz
Produced byAleksandr Khanzhonkov
Written byWładysław Starewicz
Release date
October 27, 1912
Running time
12 minutes
CountryRussian Empire

Plot

The film is based on the love collision of the Zhukov family (deer beetles), the artist Usachini (beetle-beetle), the grasshopper cameraman and the dancing dancer.[5]

References
  1. ""Вечер немого кино" в "Аптекарском огороде"". www.molnet.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. "Заклинатель мух: как любитель насекомых Владислав Старевич стал пионером кукольной анимации". RT на русском (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. "В Москве пройдет показ мультфильмов начала XX века". The Village. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. "Показы немого кино будут проходить в Москве". ovideo.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. "«Месть кинематографического оператора» (1912)". КиноПоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.


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