The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901)
- Original title
- La Chrysalide et le papillon d'or
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- comedy film, fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A magician transforms an insect into a person, leading to a series of visual gags and transformations. The film uses trick photography to show characters changing into different forms.
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What happens
The Brahmin and the Butterfly (French: La Chrysalide et le Papillon d'or, literally "The Chrysalis and the Golden Butterfly") is a 1901 French silent fantasy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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