The Magician's Cavern (1901)
- Original title
- L'Antre des esprits
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A magician performs a series of illusions in a cavern. He makes objects and people appear and disappear using tricks of film editing.
playfulsurrealwhimsicalfast-pacedinventivesilentcomedicillusionistic
What happens
L'Antre des esprits, released in the United States as The Magician's Cavern and in the United Kingdom as The House of Mystery, is a 1901 French silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. It is listed as numbers 345–347 in Star Film Company's catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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