Lucanus Cervus (film)
| Lucanus Cervus | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Жук-олень | |
| Directed by | Ladislas Starevich |
| Country | Russian Empire |
Lucanus Cervus, (
stag beetles
(Lucanus cervus) their legs replaced by wire, animated fighting one another over a mate.
Production
Starevich created Lucanus Cervus in 1910 while he was director of the Museum of Natural History in
documentaries
.
Starevich had originally intended to film live stag beetles
stop-motion
to recreate their fighting behavior as accurately as possible.
The result was not only the first recorded use of puppetry in film, but the first use of dead insects as stop-motion puppets. Starevich would make widespread use of stop-motion throughout his career as a
filmmaker and animator. The unusual idea was reportedly inspired by the short film Les allumettes Animées (The Animated Matches) (1908) by French animator Émile Cohl
.
References
External links
- Lucanus Cervus at IMDb
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