The Bewitched Trunk (1904)

Original title

Le coffre enchanté

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

3 min

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A trunk turns magical and causes trouble for the people around it. A series of visual gags and transformations unfold as characters interact with the enchanted object.

whimsicalplayfulcomedicmagicallightheartedold-fashionedsurreal

What happens

Le Coffre enchanté, sold in the United States as The Bewitched Trunk and in Britain as The Enchanted Trunk, is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 547–549 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène merveilleuse et comique ("comical and marvelous scene"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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