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Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)

Going to Bed Under Difficulties poster
Original title
Le déshabillage impossible
Directed by
Georges Méliès
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
2 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to take off his clothes and go to bed. Every layer he removes only adds more clothing, leading to silly and impossible results.

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What happens

Le Déshabillage impossible, released in the United States as Going to Bed Under Difficulties and in the United Kingdom as An Increasing Wardrobe, is a 1900 French short silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. In the film, a man attempts to undress so he can go to sleep. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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