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Danse serpentine (1896)

Danse serpentine poster
Directed by
Georges Méliès
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman performs a dance with long sheer fabric. The film is an early silent short from the late 1890s.

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What happens

A Serpentine Dance (French: Danse Serpentine) is an 1896 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's company Star Film and is numbered 44 in its catalogues. The film is currently presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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