The life was cruel with Ivas. The landlord sent him at war, and his girlfriend – in the house of ill fame. In the troops an ordinary peasant gets acquainted more
The life was cruel with Ivas. The landlord sent him at war, and his girlfriend – in the house of ill fame. In the troops an ordinary peasant gets acquainted with an ideological revolutionary and becomes inspired with the feeling of inequity to the existing social structure. And when the time comes to return to the native village, he will make the sir pays by his blood for all wrong-doings against the peasants. A film based on works and biography of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814 - 1861). close
The short animated film “Argonauts (Kolkhida)” was released in the USSR by Georgian filmmakers in 1936 and was released in the following year. The animated more
The short animated film “Argonauts (Kolkhida)” was released in the USSR by Georgian filmmakers in 1936 and was released in the following year. The animated film was shot Directed by Vladimir Mujiri on the script by L. Guganishvili, written on the basis of ancient Greek legends and myths. The plot is based on the campaign of the Argonauts for the Golden Fleece and the amazing adventures that happened to them during this journey.
The film is made in the technique of a drawn cartoon. The action of the cartoon is emphasized by the music of Shalva Azmaiparashvili. close
Returning home from a long voyage overseas, a man finds his wife and child living with another man. Fuelled by anger, he murders the other man and is more
Returning home from a long voyage overseas, a man finds his wife and child living with another man. Fuelled by anger, he murders the other man and is forced to flee justice, until he faces death on a deserted island. close
This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers more
This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive close