The Cabinet of Mephistopheles (1897)
- Original title
- Le cabinet de Méphistophélès
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, horror film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 3.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A magician conjures spirits and devils in his laboratory, creating strange apparitions and vanishing people. The film is a silent trick movie that adapts the Faust story into a series of visual illusions.
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What happens
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (French: Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès), initially released in Britain and America as Laboratory of Mephistopheles and also known as The Cabinet of Mephistopheles, The Devil's Laboratory, Faust's Laboratory, and The Laboratory of Faust, is an 1897 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, loosely inspired by the Faust legend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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