14 Facts About Ladislas Starevich

Ladislas Starevich was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida.

Ladislas Starevich used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his films.

Ladislas Starevich attended Gymnasium in Dorpat, where he worked painting postcards and illustrations for local magazines.

Ladislas Starevich first established his family in Joinville-le-Pont, while he worked as a cameraman there.

Ladislas Starevich's family worked with him to produce these films.

In 1924, Ladislas Starevich moved to Fontenay-sous-Bois, where he lived until his death in 1965.

Ladislas Starevich started a collaboration with him, wishing to make a feature full-length film: Le Roman de Renard.

Ladislas Starevich had a contract with Marc Gelbart to make a series with this character.

In 1954, L Starevich conceived The Hangover, using images not included in The Mascot.

Ladislas Starevich had expressed some intent to make commercial films, but none are known to have been produced during the war.

Again produced by Alkam films, Ladislas Starevich made Nose to Wind, which tells the adventures of Patapouf, a bear who escapes from school to play with his friends the rabbit and the fox.

Ladislas Starevich died on 26 February 1965, while working on Comme chien et chat.

Ladislas Starevich was one of the few European animators to be known by name in the United States before the 1960s, largely on account of La Voix du rossignol and Fetiche Mascotte.

Ladislas Starevich kept every puppet he made, so stars in one film tended to turn up as supporting characters in later works.