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Satán at Play (1907)

Satán at Play poster
Original title
Satan s'amuse
Directed by
Segundo de Chomón
Genre
fantasy film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
10 min

How it feels

Satan plays pranks and causes mischief in a series of visual tricks and transformations. A silent fantasy film from early cinema filled with special effects.

playfulwhimsicalold-fashionedstrangelightheartedvisual trickeryfast-paced

What happens

Satan s'amuse (Satán se divierte in Spanish, Satan at Play in English) is a 1907 French silent film directed by pioneer Segundo de Chomón. It is often confused with Le spectre rouge, notably in the IMDB database and subsequently in YouTube attributions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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