Sideshow Wrestlers (1908)
- Original title
- Le Conseil du pipelet
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man visits a fair and gets involved with wrestlers in a comedic misunderstanding. The short film follows the silly antics and physical comedy of the characters at the sideshow.
whimsicalslapstickplayfullivelyfast-pacedcomediclighthearted
What happens
Sideshow Wrestlers (French: Le Conseil du pipelet ou Un tour à la foire, literally "The Janitor's Advice, or A Visit to the Fair") is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1159–1165 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a bouffonnerie extravagante (an "extravagant buffoonery"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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