Aladin ou la Lampe merveilleuse (1906)
- Original title
- Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse
- Directed by
- Albert Capellani
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a silent film from 1906 based on the old tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp. A young man finds a lamp that contains a genie who grants wishes. The film uses trick photography to show the magic on screen.
whimsicalfantasticalnostalgicbrisktheatricalplayfulcuriousold-fashioned
What happens
Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (French: Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse) is a 1906 French silent trick film directed by Albert Capellani, inspired by the folk tale, "The Story of Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Lamp", first known in Europe through its 18th century populariser, Antoine Galland, who added the tale to his translation of One Thousand and One Nights. His version, the first appearance of Arabian Nights in Europe, was published as Les mille et une nuits, between 1704 and 1717. Galland had heard the "Aladdin" story from the Maronite traveller and storyteller Hanna Diyab, in Paris, probably in the French language. The film is the oldest surviving cinematographic adaptation of this tale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Brass Bottle (1914)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.