Ces merveilleux fous volant dans leur drôle de machine

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows ces merveilleux fous volant dans leur drôle de machine

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

poster The Acrobatic Fly

The Acrobatic Fly

3mn - Documentary

Propped upon the tail-end of a match, a housefly performs astonishing feats, alternately juggling a series of objects - a blade of grass, a cork, a miniature dumbbell… Most extraordinary of all is the seq…

poster The Microscopic Dancer

The Microscopic Dancer

2mn - Fantasy, Comedy

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after …

poster The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

3mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

poster The Human Fly

The Human Fly

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of al…

poster An Extraordinary Dislocation

An Extraordinary Dislocation

2mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

poster Kiri-Kis

Kiri-Kis

3mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.

poster The Prince of Magicians

The Prince of Magicians

2mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

poster The Golden Beetle

The Golden Beetle

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

poster Extraordinary Illusions

Extraordinary Illusions

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

poster Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

poster Onesime, Clockmaker

Onesime, Clockmaker

8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.

poster The Inexhaustible Barrel

The Inexhaustible Barrel

Wonderful trick film about two young girls and their magical barrel. Live animals and superb clothing keep jumping miraculously out of the barrel.

poster It's a Greek Life

It's a Greek Life

7mn - Animation

Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …

poster An Impossible Balancing Feat

An Impossible Balancing Feat

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

poster Unusual Cooking

Unusual Cooking

3mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After …

poster The Mermaid

The Mermaid

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

poster The Merry Skeleton

The Merry Skeleton

1mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

poster A Mesmerian Experiment

A Mesmerian Experiment

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

poster Rogues' Tricks

Rogues' Tricks

4mn - Comedy, Action

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…

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