The Living Playing Cards (1904)

Original title

Les Cartes vivantes

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

3 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magician performs tricks with giant playing cards that come to life and dance around. The film is a short silent comedy from the early 1900s featuring visual effects.

whimsicalplayfulspectaclelightheartedtheatricalold-fashionedmagicalbizarre

What happens

The Living Playing Cards (French: Les Cartes vivantes) is a 1905 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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