Uczony i czarodziej. Zmienne koleje losu mistrza Starewicza
Uczony i czarodziej. Zmienne koleje losu mistrza Starewicza
Author(s): Piotr SitkiewiczSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Władysław Starewicz; animated film; cinema before 1945; independent filmmaking; Reineke Fuchs; Le roman de Renard; Fetiche- mascotte; La voix du rossignol
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to Władysław Starewicz (aka Ladislas Starewitch or Starevich), an animated film pioneer and independent filmmaker of Polish origin working for Russian, French and German cinematographies. The author attempts to explain why this multitalented artist and one of the most signifi cant puppet animators in film history did not achieve the commercial success he deserved, and shortly aft er WWII was almost totally forgotten. The article focuses on three aspects of Starewicz’s biography: his struggles with twentieth-century history, his fight for artistic and financial independence, and his eccentric personality. Finally, he is presented as a tragic figure who represents a model biography of an animator in Eastern Europe trying to achieve success in the Western world before 1945.
Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
- Issue Year: 17/2015
- Issue No: 26
- Page Range: 304-311
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Polish