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The Devil on Two Sticks (1909)

The Devil on Two Sticks poster
Original title
Il diavolo zoppo
Directed by
Luigi Maggi
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Runtime
10 min
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film from 1909 that uses special effects to tell a fantastical story about a trickster devil. It is loosely based on an early 18th century novel.

playfulwhimsicalinventivefantasticalmischievousold-fashionedsurreal

What happens

Il diavolo zoppo è un film del 1909 diretto da Luigi Maggi. La pellicola ha un tema fantastico e fa gran ricorso ai trucchi cinematografici e con una morale assolutamente non convenzionale per l'epoca. È ispirato al romanzo Le Diable boiteux di Alain-René Lesage del 1707. Nel 1948, in Francia uscì il film Il diavolo zoppo, diretto da Sacha Guitry che riprende il titolo del romanzo di Lesage, ma in effetti è la biografia del principe Talleyrand tratta da un testo teatrale scritto dallo stesso Guitry, (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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