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directed by Georges Méliès.

Synopsis

Survival

The film was presumed lost until the 1990s, when it was identified among a collection of early silent films rediscovered in

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, in 1993. This surviving fragment, about half the length of the complete film, premiered at the

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in 1997.

References

French silent short films French black-and-white films Films directed by Georges Méliès 1902 films 1902 short films 1900s rediscovered films Rediscovered French films 1900s French films Trick films {{1900s-France-film-stub