The film Fétiche 33-12 is the original version conceived of by Ladislas and Irène Starewitch before suffering distributor cuts. 

In 1933, Ladislas and Irène Starewitch produced and directed a film of about 1000 meters tentatively entitled for lab purposes, « L.S. 18 ».
Under pressure from the distributors, the length was greatly reduced. This film became Fétiche Mascotte/ The Mascot, of about 600 meters in length, the first episode of a series, and distributed in 1934. 
In 1954, L. Starewitch created Gueule de bois (The Hangover), using leftover images from « L.S. 18 » from Fétiche Mascotte. Recently, we took to putting the original film back together from a series of reeles of The Mascot distributed in the UK and the USA, and from the negative of Gueule de bois, as well as from rushes kept in the archives of L. and I. Starewitch.

In 2012, « L.S. 18 » fond once again its 1933 length and editing, hence the title Fétiche 33-12.

Fétiche 33-12 – 1933. Black and white, sound, French version, 38mn.
Music composed and directed by : Edouard Flament.
This film has been digitially restored.

DVD Extras (36 min.) :
The Mascot (1933)
English version, black and white, sound, 20mn24
Gueule de bois (The Hangover)  (1954)
Black and white, sound, 12mn
How a Ciné-marionnette Comes to Life and Moves (1932)
Black and white, sound, 3mn14

Ladislas Starewitch at work with his eldest daugher and collaborator, Irène : self-portrait.

Original French version
English subtitles (DVD)
DVD Pal Multizones

On VOD, the main film is offered : Fétiche 33-12  (38min), French version English subtitles.


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