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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 962

The Cameraman's Revenge

191212 minRussia

Animation Comedy Drama

Synopsis

A married beetle leaves home to visit a dancer, unaware that a jealous cameraman is recording their meeting. His wife has a secret romance of her own, but the beetle reacts with outrage when he discovers it. A subsequent trip to the cinema brings his double standard into public view, because the projectionist has chosen a particularly personal film to show.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 11:51
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Władysław Starewicz · Public domain

DirectorsLadislas Starevich

Behind the scenes

Starevich animates articulated insect specimens as if they were performers in a domestic melodrama. Their carefully staged gestures make the tiny world recognizable, while the camera within the story becomes an instrument of exposure and retaliation.

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