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Les douze travaux d'Hercule (1910)

Les douze travaux d'Hercule poster
Directed by
Émile Cohl
Genre
drama film, silent film, sword-and-sandal film
Country
France
Runtime
7 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An early animated short from France uses paper cut-out animation to show the twelve labors of Hercules from Greek mythology. It is a silent film with a marionette theater style.

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What happens

Les Douze Travaux d'Hercule est un court-métrage d'animation français réalisé par Émile Cohl et sorti en 1910. Il utilise la technique de l'animation en papier découpé et s'inspire du théâtre de marionnettes. Aux États-Unis, il paraît sous le titre Hercules and the Big Stick, le 21 juin 1910. Inspiré de la mythologie grecque, le court-métrage montre les douze travaux d'Hercule. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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