A Hypnotist at Work (1897)

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Country

France

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hypnotist puts a woman into a trance and she does strange things. It is a very early silent trick film from France.

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What happens

Le Magnétiseur, sold in the United States as A Hypnotist at Work and in Britain as While Under a Hypnotist's Influence, is an 1897 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 129 in its catalogues. The film is one of a small group of risqué "mature subjects" (i.e. stag films) Méliès made around this time; others included Peeping Tom at the Seaside, A Private Dinner, and After the Ball. A Hypnotist at Work is currently presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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