Wladyslaw Starewicz Collection (1922 - 1932) ( Le Lion et le Moucheron / Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs / Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi / La Cigale et la fourmi / Le Lion Devenu Vieux / Comment naît et s'anime une ciné-marionnett ) ( The Lion and the Fly / The Town Rat and the Country Rat / The Frogs who Desired a King (Frogland) / The Ant and the Grasshopper / The Old Lion / How Puppet Cinema is Born and Animated )

Wladyslaw Starewicz Collection (1922 - 1932) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Lion et le Moucheron / Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs / Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi / La Cigale et la fourmi / Le Lion Devenu Vieux / Comment naît et s'anime une ciné-marionnett
Alternate Title: The Lion and the Fly / The Town Rat and the Country Rat / The Frogs who Desired a King (Frogland) / The Ant and the Grasshopper / The Old Lion / How Puppet Cinema is Born and Animated
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1922 - 1932 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Wladyslaw Starewicz

Written By:
Wladyslaw Starewicz

Actors:
Wladyslaw Starewicz

Synopsis:

The Lion and the Fly (1932)
These puppets are the wonders of life and truth and that's what makes the artistic merit of his work. You have to see the pride of the Lion in all its strength, appearance and casual ruffled fly.

The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1926)
The Country Rat visits his friend, the Town Rat, but finds that life in the great metropolis is rather too hectic (and dangerous - there's a live cat among all the puppet rats!)

The Frogs who Desired a King (1922)
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king...

The Ant and the Grasshopper (1927)
The story of the improvident grasshopper who fiddles his time away during good times, while the busy ant stores up wood and food for the coming winter.

The Old Lion (1932)
A hoary old monarch, hobbling and bespectacled, remembers the happy days when he played Romeo with his lioness, renewing a tasty flashback scene from the balcony.

How Puppet Cinema is Born and Animated (1932)
Les Fables looks at how the films were created, with explanations by Ladislas Starevich and his daughter Irene in a short concluding documentary.

The Lion and the Fly (1932)
These puppets are the wonders of life and truth and that's what makes the artistic merit of his work. You have to see the pride of the Lion in all its strength, appearance and casual ruffled fly.

The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1926)
The Country Rat visits his friend, the Town Rat, but finds that life in the great metropolis is rather too hectic (and dangerous - there's a live cat among all the puppet rats!)

The Frogs who Desired a King (1922)
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new monarch, but they are dissatisfied and petition Jupiter again. Now he sends a proper king with a crown, a stork. Frog ladies and gents turn out to see the new sovereign and bring tribute. The stork starts to eat the frogs. They beg Jupiter for help. Jupiter hurls down lightning bolts, while the king continues to eat his subjects. 'Moral: Let well enough alone.'

The Ant and the Grasshopper (1927)
Based on the famous fable, this is the story of the improvident grasshopper who fiddles his time away during good times, while the busy ant stores up wood and food for the coming winter. When the snows come and the freezing and starving grasshopper asks the ant for help, he is turned away to perish in the cold.

The Old Lion (1932)
A hoary old monarch, hobbling and bespectacled, remembers the happy days when he played Romeo with his lioness, renewing a tasty flashback scene from the balcony.

How Puppet Cinema is Born and Animated (1932)
Les Fables looks at how the films were created, with explanations by Ladislas Starevich and his daughter Irene in a short concluding documentary, Comment naît et s'anime une ciné-marionnette ('How puppet cinema is born and animated').

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