Władysław Starewicz Movies

A small group of animals gathers around a frozen pond. The animals then play together on the ice and in the snow. Later, when the season changes,...

A clockmaker’s daughter daydreams of a magic world inside a clock.

When a young girl finds a beautiful dead lily in the woods, she asks her grandfather to tell her about it. The lily stands in splendour beside a...

short Starewicz documentary about his process of animation

Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy...

While a child sleeps her puppet dog creates a magical circus for her.

A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long,...

The old Lion King, oblivious to the fact that he has become the laughing stock of his Royal household, dreams of more heroic days. Meanwhile, his...

A little girl working as a carnival dancer is given a gift of a caterpillar as a joke. She spares the caterpillar's life, and becomes the Queen of...

A couple of lovers deal with an evil presence that is threatening them.

Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she...

Two animated fables by La Fontaine "The Old Lion" ("Le lion devenu vieux") and "The Lion and the Gnat" ("Le Lion et le Moucheron").

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...

A bear, a rabbit and a fox decide to form a band and play for the animals of the forest.

The Mascot serenades a lady dog. Another dog that listened and liked the song, wants to imprison Mascot so that he sings in his house.

The last of Starewicz's surviving Russian shorts

A dog's shipboard honeymoon voyage takes a turn for the worse when a fierce storm hits the ship.

The film is a delightful tale of a spoiled wedding between child's toys which shows Starewicz's typical style of making amusing films appropriate for...