El Apóstol
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El Apóstol was a 1917 Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation
, and the world's first animated feature film. It was written and directed by Quirino Cristiani
, and consisted of a total of 58,000 frames played over the course of 70 minutes (at 14 frames per second).
The film was a satire, with President Hipólito Yrigoyen
ascending to the heavens to use Jupiter
's thunderbolts to cleanse Buenos Aires
of immorality and corruption. The result is a burnt city.
The film was well received by critics at the time and a commercial success. A fire that destroyed producer Frederico Valle's film studio incinerated the only known copy of El Apóstol, and it is now considered a lost film
.
Cutout animation
Cutout animation is a technique for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs...
, and the world's first animated feature film. It was written and directed by Quirino Cristiani
Quirino Cristiani
Quirino Cristiani was an Argentine animation director and cartoonist, responsible for the world's first two animated feature films as well as the first animated feature film with sound, even though the only copies of these two films were lost in a fire...
, and consisted of a total of 58,000 frames played over the course of 70 minutes (at 14 frames per second).
The film was a satire, with President Hipólito Yrigoyen
Hipólito Yrigoyen
Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Irigoyen Alem was twice President of Argentina . His activism became the prime impetus behind the obtainment of universal suffrage in Argentina in 1912...
ascending to the heavens to use Jupiter
Jupiter (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter or Jove is the king of the gods, and the god of the sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon....
's thunderbolts to cleanse Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
of immorality and corruption. The result is a burnt city.
The film was well received by critics at the time and a commercial success. A fire that destroyed producer Frederico Valle's film studio incinerated the only known copy of El Apóstol, and it is now considered a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.