The Insect's Christmas

[EcstaticMomentz]

I wonder if it was truly made in 1913? How would they have made the dolls move in that way? A series of stills? The dolls don't look that old. Though my Gramps born in Russia, who left around that SAME TIME, would of the Russian Father Christmas and my Mom said the Russian Santa is white, with a walking staff!I know violin was popular there though. My Grampa insisted my Mom take it as a child --and piano too.

[CanadaCob]

To my knowledge that is the first time a CHRISTMAS CRACKER has been used in a film..

[weelittledragon]

Why is miss dragonfly a grasshopper?

[ciosborn]

Amazing....1913.

[RobbieHotspur]

This is wonderful stuff. A great find! Thank you!!

[ooskeedada1]

Wonderful! Now off to inflict it on my entire family! The message is in German.

[catchersmitt0]

Insects'

[catchersmitt0]

What's the music? Mussorgsky?

[catchersmitt0]

How very charming!  In a world where very little can be called that...

[XmasFLIX]

Hi! I have the original film of this short uploaded on my channel, and just found your version. I was wondering if you know why it is blue? I edited mine with new music and removed the text breaks etc. But I am very interested how it became this color. Merry belated Xmas!

[cheeseinfection99]

@XmasFLIX How could you change such a masterpiece?! :O

[MissGuideMe]

A delight

[Floweryapron]

Heart renderingly beautiful and lovely.

[mitternacht07]

Please never remove this amazing video it`s so beautiful...Thanks for sharing to the world!!

[t1mmytee]

No animals were harmed during the production of this film--NOT!!!

[dan1elpess0a]

Is it fake? Is it real?

[patchesthedark]

thanks so much for posting this. It came in handy for my global animated film class :)

[metal2doll]

WOW! Beautiful!!! An amazing video

[deathtousernames]

Amazing is an understatement!

[britelite2657]

thats a great animation thanks

[vickileroy]

Incredible!

Thank you for this treasure.

10**********

peace and love

[Twilty]

That movie is amazing! So bizaar and clever.

[goodshipak]

Simply lovely!

[BenTajer]

Are there currently any efforts to restore Wladyslaw Starevicz's films to their original quality? It seems that it would be easy to sharpen the images and remove the little grains that pop up. Not that the quality of this is bad, but the results of such an effort would be interesting.

[1a7s3k]

Considering the year it was made, it's a wonderful film.

[ererum]

Amazing. Didn't know the art started so early. Was this before or after Melies' Shoot the Moon?

[pisces516973]

Thank you for posting this lovely little gem of a film!

[yarloo]

truly a work of art.

[mitternacht07]

Truly a jewel of silent movies, what is the beautiful music! thanks for uploading...

[ketchupdespot]

These old stop motion animations are so creepy

[mellamobradley46]

a friend told me about this film...it is so amazing! I think I won't smoke any more crack or watch porno now that I have something so beautiful in my life

[chickenwarrior]

Tied for first favorite Christmas film.

[TejanoChimbo]

♥♥♥ Israel is a pain in the áss

[jessabelltales]

that was greatm like the music, one of the best films I've seen,

[absinthedrunk]

sweet. thanks for posting this. :)

[piratebec]

simply one of the most beautiful things. thank you.

[RubyWraith]

Thank you so much. I love these things. Sure puts today's junk to shame. Computer generated animations SUCK.

good cartooning died with Disney. This film and those like it are a true art form. Thanks again.

[Metamanx]

sure it isn't much of an art form but there are good cgi movies

[RubyWraith]

BWUAHAHAHAA moron! Better sticky with your computer garbage and leave the intelligent, human created stuff for the big boys.

[Wildblackbird]

Really magical!

[nanogirl]

Thank you, thank you!!

[Scrumothy]

This is actually a German stop motion film. Weihnachten is Christmas in the German language.

[ipamipos]

:) wow!

thanks

[shellypickren]

Thank you so much for sharing this gem.

[SunsetSix]

Evidently this was made before Russia's descent into Bolshevic madness.

[GraceAdele]

The most enchanting 6 minutes and 31 seconds on the entire site. I was captivated from the very beginning and I just wanted to watch it again and again!

[budgie1handy]

This is a beautiful film

[sonofIsetheBye]

Its; a beautifull piece of art work from 1913,thank you. Congradulations; to its creator,currant owner, and the Soviet Union for sharing this art work with us all..It shows a lot of heart.

[Tootytootsvillie]

Beautiful film..Thanks.

[rocketcheese]

didu make dis or copy it?

[FreddyFrier]

I seriously doubt the the info about this movie - it looks fairly new and at 5:40 it says "Froehliche Weihnachten" (Happy Christmas) in German not Russian, nevertheless it's very charming and I enjoyed watching it. Thanks.

[thecorduroysuit]

It looks fairly new? I hope you're joking. This film is nearly a century old. Although Starewicz was born in Poland (which at the time was part of the Russian empire), he would make films for whoever commissioned them (whoever would give him funds to do so). He made films in Poland, Russia, France, and yes, even Germany. All of the information given about the film is correct.

[AvantGardeGuy2]

I can assure you, FreddyFrier, that this is in fact a film from 1913.

[zekeland]

This is so lovely.

[aacedi]

ooooooooooh so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[VincentMalloy7]

Eerie!

[wptomkins123]

i agree with spunk after seeing this video im just going to watch enchating videos such as this no longer am i going to watch porn i just need these frogs and dung beetles to dance and my life will be complete

[xxSarUhhxx84]

totally agreeed.. i love yurr enthusasticism! :] i loveee dannnn :] x3 hahah

[spunk854]

I just love this video so much. I adore the frog he brings a tear to my eye. last night i invited a bunch of friends over to enjoy this gorgeous film with me. Who needs nudity when you have frogs and dung beetles?

[xxSarUhhxx84]

u make no sence marti

[binkle1]

WOW! I live for stuff like this; thank you SO, so much!

[shinkano]

i m glad to see this kind of stop motion from 1913.

very good work. thx for that post. not an every day video on you tube ;)

[fredjhenzel]

this is awesome!

[Mavarla]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting!

[dragonoftherose]

Most marvelous! Thanks so very much for posting this.

[lobelia40]

What a fantastic jewel. Thanks so much for uploading. Absolutely enchanting.

[sffilmsociety]

Wladyslaw Starewicz's animation, along with others, can be seen at an Animated shorts/Live music event at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Saturday May 5, at the Castro Theatre. Music artists perform original scores alongside these animations!

[Funkengrooven]

Very authentic. Very nice.

[lvgraham12]

Whomever did the translations on this film -- those insects are 1. Dung Beetle (not a Ladybug) 2. Grasshopper (not Dragonfly) and although they are not called out, the other insects are Stag Beetles. That being said -- what a charming piece. I adored it. Thank you for posting it.

[masameus]

Yes, kornreich and Magician266, this is authentic. The English title pages were obviously added later. I first saw this film in a seminar about the history of cinema. Magician266 feels that the toys and the props do not look like they're from 1913... Actually they look exactly as if they came from that period, and in fact do.

[magician226]

It does not look like a film made in 1913... The tone, the film color, the toys & props... anyway... it's an awesome stop-motion.

[kornreich]

I don't want to be a party pooper, but I wonder about the authenticity of this film . . . if it was made in Russia, why does it have English title pages?

[polartaym]

wonderful.

[pippilina]

Whoever posted this, if you have more, please please can you put them all up? What a treat these are.

[pippilina]

Astounding and innovative for 1913! good lord!

[dejahthoris]

How did he do the insect's legs moving!!! Amazing! Thank you.

[hefehefe2000]

This is Ladislaw Starewicz! Thanks SO much for sharing!

[littleiceage]

This is so great. Wow...just wow.

[microdot]

1913, that's 93 years ago. Amazing, the same time as Windsor McKay and his dinosaur drawings!

[Niffiwan]

Wonderful! Hard to believe that such good stuff was already being made that early!

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