''A Funny Mahometan'' (french: Le Musulman rigolo) was an 1897 short silent

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directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and numbered 94 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a ''scène comique''. The film was shot outside in the garden of Méliès's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, with painted scenery. Méliès himself played the Muslim of the title. ''A Funny Mahometan'', with its presumably

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n Muslim, is the first known film on an Algerian topic in cinema history. The film is currently presumed

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* Films directed by Georges Méliès 1897 films Lost French films French comedy short films French silent short films French black-and-white films 1897 comedy films 1890s lost films 1897 short films Silent comedy films 1890s French films Films about Islam {{1890s-France-film-stub