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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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