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Le Baquet de Mesmer - 1904
(A Mesmerian Experiment)Director: Georges MELIES
Nationality: French
Length: 3' 13"
Film archive: Národní filmový archiv
What a strange washtub... when Méliès the magician takes himself for Mesmer the doctor, eccentric statues come to life and give us a cabaret worthy of the Moulin rouge!
Les Bulles de savon vivantes - 1906
(Soap Bubbles)Director: Georges MELIES
Nationality: French
Length: 3' 41"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut
When Méliès the wizard blows into his pipe, funny bubbles are transformed and make way for the magic of cinema!
Les Kiriki - Acrobates japonais - 1907
(Ki Ri Ki - Japanese Acrobats)Director: Segundo de CHOMON
Nationality: French
Length: 2' 41"
Film archive: Lobster Films
A company of Japanese acrobats at work or almost… Will you find out where lays the subterfuge?
François 1er et Triboulet - 1908
(The King and the Jester)Director: Georges MELIES
Nationality: French
Length: 4' 53"
Film archive: GosFilmoFond
Will Georges Méliès’ farces manage to cheer up King François 1st?
Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves - 1909
(Slippery Jim)Director: Segundo de CHOMON
Nationality: French
Length: 8' 21"
Film archive: Lobster Films
Action, laughter, imagination and much madness… The stimulating effect-filled scenes of a contortionist… A contortionist in a series of thrilling, effects-filled scenes.
Papillon fantastique - 1909
(The Spider and the Butterfly)Director: Georges MELIES
Nationality: French
Length: 1' 58"
Film archive: Nederlands Filmmuseum
With his talents as a fireworks handler, Méliès the gentleman magician makes unusually shaped young girls appear and disappear....
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