The Beautiful Leukanida

{{short description|1912 film by Władysław Starewicz}}

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| name = The Beautiful Leukanida

| native_name = {{langx|ru|Прекрасная Люканида, или Война усачей с рогачами}}

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| director = Władysław Starewicz

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| writer = Władysław Starewicz

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| music =

| cinematography = Władysław Starewicz

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| released = {{Film date|1912}}

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| country = Russian Empire

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The Beautiful Leukanida ({{langx|ru|Прекрасная Люканида, или Война усачей с рогачами}}) is a 1912 Russian short film directed and written by Władysław Starewicz.{{Cite web|url=https://mediabrest.by/news/etot-den-v-istorii/etot-den-v-istorii-26-aprelya|title=Этот день в истории – 26 апреля|website=МедиаБрест|language=ru|access-date=2019-11-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://ysia.ru/etot-den-v-kalendare-26-aprelya/|title=Этот день в календаре. 26 апреля|last=Иванова|first=Санаайа|website=ЯСИА|date=26 April 2018 |access-date=2019-11-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://gornovosti.ru/news/persona/item/mihail-aldashin-vse-mechtayut-imet-druga-s-motorchikom/|title=Михаил Алдашин: "Все мечтают иметь друга с моторчиком"|website=gornovosti.ru|date=17 April 2018 |language=ru|access-date=2019-11-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://balkan-lenta.info/chylpan-hamatova-vyrazila-gotovnost-rabotat-v-myltfilmah/|title=Чулпан Хаматова выразила готовность работать в мультфильмах|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513153005/http://balkan-lenta.info/chylpan-hamatova-vyrazila-gotovnost-rabotat-v-myltfilmah/|archive-date=May 13, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2019}}

Plot

The film speaks of two bugs which fight over a beautiful female bug.

Restoration

In 2012 Gosfilmofond of Russia restored the cartoon. The author of the version was Nikolai Izvolov.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=Кинофестивали |url=http://www.gosfilmofond.ru/film_festival |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152333/http://www.gosfilmofond.ru/film_festival |archive-date=2015-01-09 }} In addition to restoring the image, the voice-over narration of the events on the screen was performed by Alexander Negreba.{{Cite web |title=Праздник киноисториков: Фестиваль архивного кино «Белые столбы 2012» |url=https://www.proficinema.com/mainnews/festival/detail.php?ID=119381 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.proficinema.com |language=ru}}

"Sentimental Waltz" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1881) was used as the musical background. The premiere screening of the restored version took place as part of the 16th White Pillars Archival Film Festival 2012,{{Cite web |title=Аниматор.ру {{!}} Новости {{!}} Юбилейный год российской анимации откроет фестиваль арх... |url=https://www.animator.ru/index.phtml?p=show_news&nid=1512 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.animator.ru}} held from January 30 to February 3, 2012.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=ARCHIVE |url=http://www.gosfilmofond.ru/belyye_stolby_fest/archive |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152414/http://www.gosfilmofond.ru/belyye_stolby_fest/archive |archive-date=2015-01-09 }}

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