King of the Mediums (1909)
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- 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.
How it feels
A magician performs tricks with ghostly apparitions in a short silent fantasy film from early French cinema.
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What happens
Le Roi des médiums, also known as Apparitions fantômatiques and known in English as King of the Mediums, was a 1909 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. Méliès played a magician in the film. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1522-1529 in its catalogues, where it was advertised with the descriptive subtitle apparitions fantômatiques (ghostly apparitions). The film has sometimes been referred to by this subtitle. No English-language release is known for this film, but the translated title King of the Mediums has been used in film reference. The film is currently presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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