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Zweigroschenzauber
GERMANY · 1929

Zweigroschenzauber

Hans Richter
magic montage everyday life sport and movement visual collage
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Synopsis

Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers, airplanes in flight, boxers, lovers, runners, becoming in the end a collection of images in a magazine.

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