Les échappes de Charenton (1901)
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Escaped patients from the Charenton asylum run loose and cause a commotion. A policeman tries to catch them but the escapees outwit him at every turn.
slapstickfranticplayfulabsurdbriskchaoticfarceold-fashioned
What happens
«Беглецы из Шарантона» (фр. Les échappes de Charenton, 1901) — французский немой короткометражный художественный фильм Жоржа Мельеса. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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