Ladislas Starevich
Vladislav Starevich was a Russian, Polish and French stopmotion animator notable as the author of the first puppetanimated film . He also used insects and other animals as protagonists of his films.
Wadysaw Starewicz was born in Moscow, Russia to Polish parents , and had lived in Lithuania which at that time was a part of the Russian Empire. The boy was raised by his grandmother in Kaunas, then the capital of Kaunas Governorate. He attended Gymnasium in Dorpat .
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