The Beautiful Leukanida

The Beautiful Leukanida
Russian: Прекрасная Люканида, или Война усачей с рогачами
Directed byWładysław Starewicz
Written byWładysław Starewicz
CinematographyWładysław Starewicz
Release date
  • 1912 (1912)
CountryRussian Empire

The Beautiful Leukanida (Russian: Прекрасная Люканида, или Война усачей с рогачами) is a 1912 Russian short film directed and written by Władysław Starewicz.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The film speaks of two bugs which fight over a beautiful female bug.

Restoration

In 2012 Gosfilmofond of Russia restored the cartoon. The author of the version was Nikolai Izvolov.[5] In addition to restoring the image, the voice-over narration of the events on the screen was performed by Alexander Negreba.[6]

"Sentimental Waltz" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1881) was used as the musical background. The premiere screening of the restored version took place as part of the 16th White Pillars Archival Film Festival 2012,[7] held from January 30 to February 3, 2012.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Этот день в истории – 26 апреля". МедиаБрест (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. ^ Иванова, Санаайа (26 April 2018). "Этот день в календаре. 26 апреля". ЯСИА. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. ^ "Михаил Алдашин: "Все мечтают иметь друга с моторчиком"". gornovosti.ru (in Russian). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. ^ "Чулпан Хаматова выразила готовность работать в мультфильмах". Archived from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Кинофестивали". 2015-01-09. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  6. ^ "Праздник киноисториков: Фестиваль архивного кино «Белые столбы 2012»". www.proficinema.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  7. ^ "Аниматор.ру | Новости | Юбилейный год российской анимации откроет фестиваль арх..." www.animator.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  8. ^ "ARCHIVE". 2015-01-09. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2023-02-23.


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