This volume, Nina Star, brings together four silent films directed between 1921 and 1927 by Ladislas and his eldest daughter, Irène Starewitch. Jeanne, the middle daughter of Ladislas and Anna Starewitch, stars as Nina Star, the heroine of this collection.
Original music composed and directed by Jean-Marie Sénia in 2014. With the voice of Léona Béatrice Martin-Starewitch.
The Scarecrow – 1921
Coloration and dyeing process, 16’50
The Midnight Wedding – 1921
Black and white, 15’
The Voice of the Nightingale – 1923
Coloration and stencil process, 12’7
Queen of the Butterflies – 1927
Coloration and dyeing process, 22’25

English subtitles by Léona Béatrice Martin-Starewitch.
Many thanks to Marie-Laure Chable, Cécile Farkas and Brent Keever.

DVD Extras (43') :
La Reine des papillons - Queen of the Butterflies (1927)
Version distributed in the United Kingdom. Intertitles translated in French. Coloration and dyeing process. Silent. 
Le Mariage de Babylas - The Midnight Wedding (1927)
English version. Coloration and dyeing process. Silent. 
How a ciné-marionnette comes to life and moves (1932)
Black and white, sound - Ladislas Starewitch at work with his eldest daughter and collaborator, Irène : self-portrait.

Original French version.


English subtitles by Léona Béatrice Martin-Starewitch (DVD).



The VOD offers the four main films, with english subtitles. Duration : 66 min.



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