The Lily of Belgium
MovieTitle | Лилия Бельгии |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Oct 10, 1915 |
Genre | Animation, War, Fantasy |
Director | Władysław Starewicz |
Production country | Russia |
Production companies | Skobelev Committee |
Run time | 15 min. |
When a young girl finds a beautiful dead lily in the woods, she asks her grandfather to tell her about it. The lily stands in splendour beside a stream, admired by the creatures of the woods. But an army of beetles, bent on conquering new territories, wants to cross the stream - and the lily is blocking their way. An unashamed allegory of the German rape of Belgium.