Strekoza i muravey

19131913
5m

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6.8/10

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Animation Short Fantasy

All summer, the grasshopper sings and plays music with friends. Meanwhile, the ant works hard collecting food and building a shelter. The grasshopper makes fun of the ant's efforts, but when... Read allAll summer, the grasshopper sings and plays music with friends. Meanwhile, the ant works hard collecting food and building a shelter. The grasshopper makes fun of the ant's efforts, but when winter comes, things are much different.All summer, the grasshopper sings and plays music with friends. Meanwhile, the ant works hard collecting food and building a shelter. The grasshopper makes fun of the ant's efforts, but when winter comes, things are much different.

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

414

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

237,133

14,802

Director
- Wladyslaw Starewicz
Writers
- Ivan Andreyevich Krylov(fable)
- Wladyslaw Starewicz

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Trivia
In the animated film, instead of a dragonfly, a grasshopper participates. According to D. Kobyakov, in the fable the word "dragonfly" meant the grasshopper, since in the XIX century both insects were called so.

Connections
Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (1989)

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7/10

Starewicz does it again - another great animation

The Dragonfly and the Ant is another in a line of animation films by Russian pioneer Wladyslaw Starewicz. Like 'The Cameraman's Revenge' and 'The Insect's Christmas' this is another film that features insects acting out human-like lives. If there is one must-see movie in this group it has to be 'The Cameraman's Revenge', however, all are charming and original bits of work.

In this one a carefree dragonfly acts irresponsibly through the spring and summer. She drinks, sings, plays violin and taunts her neighbour the ant. The ant, by contrast, is an industrious soul and spends the day collecting wood for the winter. Of course, when the cold comes in the dragonfly is ill-prepared and goes begging at the ant's door. The latter sends the dragonfly packing and her demise soon follows.

It's an old fable of course. Like all of Starewicz other animations, it's beautifully done. The mini insect world is great, and there is an impressive amount of characterisation in these little bugs. It's a great little movie and another superb early animation.

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