The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
- Original title
- Un homme de têtes
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 183 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A magician performs a series of illusions where he detaches his own head and multiplies it into several copies that interact with each other. The film relies on early cinematic special effects to create a lighthearted and baffling sequence.
playfulwhimsicalshortfantasticalcomicalsurrealvisual trickold-timey
What happens
The Four Troublesome Heads (French: Un homme de têtes, literally "A Man of Heads"), also known as Four Heads Are Better Than One, is an 1898 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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