Up-to-Date Surgery (1902)

Original title

Une indigestion

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

5 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In this short silent film, a man suffers from indigestion and visits a surgeon. The surgeon uses comically exaggerated methods to treat him, with surprising and fantastical results.

whimsicalplayfulslapstickfast-pacedsurrealabsurdvisual trickerylighthearted

What happens

Une indigestion, sold in the United States as Up-to-Date Surgery and in Britain as Sure Cure for Indigestion, and also known as Chirurgie fin de siècle, is a 1902 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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