Lucanus Cervus (1910)

Directed by

Ladislas Starevich

Genre

silent film

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

1 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two preserved stag beetles are animated through stop motion to fight over a mate. It is a short silent film and the first known puppet stop motion animation.

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What happens

Lucanus Cervus (Russian: Жук-олень) is a 1910 Russian short film directed by Ladislas Starevich. It was the first puppet stop motion animation in history, consisting of two preserved male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) their legs replaced by wire, animated fighting one another over a mate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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