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Strekozai i muravei
Also known as [The Grasshopper and the Ant], [The Dragonfly and the Ant]
(1913) Russia
B&W : [?] Split-reel? / 158 metres
Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz
Cast: [no cast]
A. Khanzhonkov and Company production. / Produced by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. Cinematography by Wladyslaw Starewicz. / Released 22 February 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Fantasy: Puppet film.
Synopsis: An ant works to prepare for Winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snows come the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Animation [stop-action] - Axes - Drunkeness - Insects: Ants, Beetles, Butterflies, Grasshoppers - Musical instruments: Violins - Snow
Listing updated: 10 September 2010.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 55.
Home video: DVD.
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