A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself (1904)

Original title

Match de prestidigitation

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two magicians compete in a series of conjuring tricks. Their contest involves illusions and transformations that play with identity.

playfulwhimsicalbriskinventivecomedicsurrealsilent-eralighthearted

What happens

Match de prestidigitation (literally "conjuring contest"), released in the United States as A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself, and in the United Kingdom as A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians, is a 1904 French silent trick film directed by French film pioneer Georges Méliès. The film was a lost film until partially rediscovered in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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