Movies: Estudios Cristiani

Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation, and the world's first animated feature film. Currently considered a lost film. Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen dreams about ascending to Olympus dressed as an apostle. He speaks with the gods ...

El Mono relojero is a 1938 Argentine animated short film directed by Quirino Cristiani. It is the only film from this director that exists up to this day, since all his other productions (including the first two animated feature films, El Apóstol (19...

The true incident of the German U-Boat which torpedoed an Argentine ship to make Argentina declare war on the Allies. The film was not as successful as Cristiani's previous film, The Apostle from 1917, since Without a Trace was confiscated by the Min...

A wry political satire rendered in early animation, Los Que Ligan uses humor and caricature to explore the aftermath of World War I through the lens of global diplomacy. Focusing on the power plays between England, Germany, France, and Argentina in t...

Football animation short film in black and white. Found in 2023 by the Cineteca Vida....

A 1925 animated short film....

Quirino's last release, a short animation film in black and white....

An animated short film depicting the victory of the Uruguay soccer team in a 1924 match....

A 1924 animated short film....

An inside look at Cristiani Studios during the making of Peludópolis. This making-of documentary contains the only known surviving footage of the now lost film...

Animated short about Argentinian president Yrigoyen and Buenos Aires' gobernor Marcelino Ugarte....

A 1925 animated short film....

A 1923 film....

A 1923 film....

The story of Argentine President Hipolito Yrigoyen's corrupt government and its overthrow by a military coup. Yrigoyen floats around in his boat Peludo City (which represented Argentina) while constantly being harassed by hungry sharks (the Radicals)...