The Miracles of the Brahmin (1900)

Original title

Les miracles du Brahmine

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

4 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A brahmin performs a series of magical tricks for a small group of people. The film shows the illusions as they would appear on a stage.

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What happens

Les Miracles du Brahmine, sold in the United States as The Miracles of Brahmin and in Britain as The Miracles of the Brahmin, is a 1900 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 237–240 in its catalogues. The film is derived from a magic act Méliès created and performed at his Paris stage venue, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Méliès appears in the film as the brahmin of the title; according to film historian Georges Sadoul, Jeanne Mareyla plays the woman in the center of the group of three. A print of the film survives, and was shown at the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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