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L’Oeuf du sorcier
FRANCE · 1902

L’Oeuf du sorcier

Georges Méliès
magic tricks transformation skeleton sleight of hand surrealism
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Synopsis

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his arms about and suddenly turns into a magician. The magician produces an egg, performing several sleight-of-hand tricks, and places it upon the table with the small end downward. He then crudely draws a human face upon the shell, and the egg immediately b

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