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Le Thaumaturge chinois
FRANCE · 1904

Le Thaumaturge chinois

Georges Méliès
magic tricks transformation stage illusion object multiplication animal metamorphosis
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Synopsis

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the trans

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