Dancing in a Harem (1897)

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Country

France

Rated

TP

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 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.

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How it feels

A French short silent film from 1897. It depicts a scene in a harem. The film is presumed lost.

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What happens

Dancing in a Harem (French: Danse au sérail) is an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 132 in its catalogues. The Méliès scholar John Frazer was unable to obtain a print, but speculated in 1979 that a fragment may survive in Budapest. The Internet Movie Database lists a 1989 Hungarian TV miniseries on film history, Fejezetek a film történetéböl, that purportedly includes a clip from the film. Jacques Malthête's 2008 Méliès filmography lists the film as presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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