The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)

Original title

Месть кинематографического оператора

Directed by

Ladislas Starevich

Genre

comedy film, parody, silent film, melodrama

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

12 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married man has an affair with a dancer. A cameraman secretly films their encounter. Later at the movies the man sees his private moment played on the screen.

playfulsatiricaldarkly comicinnovativebizarrelightheartedvoyeuristicwhimsical

What happens

The Cameraman's Revenge (Russian: Месть кинематографического оператора, romanized: Mest' kinematograficheskogo operatora) is a 1912 Russian short film written and directed by Ladislas Starevich. It, along with other works by Starevich, stands out in the history of stop-motion animation for its use of actual dried insect specimens (beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc.) as articulated stop-motion puppets portraying all of the characters. The film is a humorous look at adultery, voyeurism, and revenge porn. A married man cheats on his wife with a nightclub's dancer. A cameraman is secretly filming their amorous encounter. During a date with his wife at a movie theater, the man discovers that his supposedly private moments are on display at the theater. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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