The Lily of Belgium

A grandfather explains a dead lily to a child: beetles in spiked helmets march on a stream, and the flower is in their way. The insects that did comedy for Starewicz three years earlier are now the Kaiser's army, crossing in formation, and the allegory is not disguised. Puppets and live action, with Starewicz's daughter Irene as the girl. Khanzhonkov, 1915, fifteen minutes.