The Beautiful Leukanida

The Beautiful Leukanida (Прекрасная Люканида, или Война усачей с рогачами) is a 1912 Russian short film directed and written by Władysław Starewicz.

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. In addition to restoring the image, the voice-over narration of the events on the screen was performed by Alexander Negreba.

"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, held from January 30 to February 3, 2012.