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poster Lichtspiel: Opus I
Lichtspiel: Opus I
(3.1/5)
12mn - Animation
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some pointed, others roun…
poster The Infernal Cauldron
The Infernal Cauldron
(3.3/5)
2mn - Fantasy, Horror
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
poster The Diabolical Church Window
The Diabolical Church Window
7mn - Fantasy
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…
poster Lightplay Opus II
Lightplay Opus II
(3.1/5)
4mn - Animation
An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.
poster The Dark Mist
The Dark Mist
101mn - Action, Adventure, Fantasy
With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero's quest to solve "The Riddle of the Chosen". As the Lord Protector makes his way through a land of magic and mystery, his allies grow…
poster The Mysterious Box
The Mysterious Box
2mn - Fantasy
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on which h…
poster The Oubliette
The Oubliette
29mn - Drama, History
Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …
poster Léonce Loves Morels
Léonce Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
poster The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
(3.2/5)
9mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an …
poster The Gold Obsession
The Gold Obsession
7mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he thr…
poster Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller
(2.7/5)
2mn - Fantasy, Documentary
This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mes…
poster Wonderful Mirrors
Wonderful Mirrors
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes to life and comes out of the frame and imitates his eve…
poster In the Dark
In the Dark
89mn - Drama, Thriller
After a tragic car accident leaves Ali blind and devastated by the loss of her family, she hires a caretaker to help her navigate her new reality. But when her helpful aide becomes dangerously obsessed, A…
poster The Red Spectre
The Red Spectre
(3.3/5)
8mn - Fantasy
A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
poster A Nightmare
A Nightmare
1mn - Horror
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
poster The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle
(3.4/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster One Dark Night
One Dark Night
(2.8/5)
89mn - Horror
A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night ther…
poster Entr'acte
Entr'acte
(3.7/5)
22mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …
poster The Chinese Shadows
The Chinese Shadows
3mn - Comedy, Animation
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.
poster The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
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