The Famous Box Trick (1898)

Original title

Illusions fantasmagoriques

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stage magician uses an axe to split a boy into two copies of himself. The film is a short silent trick film from the early era of cinema.

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What happens

The Famous Box Trick (French: Illusions fantasmagoriques) is an 1898 French silent trick film, directed by Georges Méliès, featuring a stage magician who transforms one boy into two with the aid of an axe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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