Fantasmagorie (1908)

Directed by

Émile Cohl

Genre

comedy film, silent film, children's film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 152 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stick figure and other simple shapes undergo a series of surreal transformations. It is an early experiment in hand drawn animation from 1908.

playfulwhimsicaldreamlikelightheartedexperimentalsurrealfast-pacedinventive

What happens

Fantasmagorie (also called 'A Fantasy') is a 1908 French animated short film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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