''An Hallucinated Alchemist'' (french: L'hallucination de l'alchimiste), also known as ''The Alchemist's Hallucination'', was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliés. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually '' The Mysterious Retort'' (1906).

Plot

The film features a star with five female heads and a giant face that has people coming out of its mouth.

Production

The sets were hand painted.

Release and influence

The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 95 in its catalogues. The film is currently presumed

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. The 1900

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short ''The Clown and the Alchemist'', directed by

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and Albert E. Smith, may have been inspired by this film.

References

1897 films 1897 horror films Films directed by Georges Méliès Lost horror films French black-and-white films Lost French films French silent short films French horror films 1890s lost films 1897 short films Silent horror films 1890s French films {{1890s-horror-film-stub