Directed by Georges Méliés Release date 1897 Language Silent Director Georges Méliès | Production
company Star Film Company Country France Initial release 1897 Production company Star Film Company | |
Running time 20 meters (approx. 1.1 minutes) Similar The Bewitched Inn, An Up‑to‑Date Conjuror, On the Roofs, Sea Fighting in Greece, The Voyage of the Bourri | ||
An Hallucinated Alchemist (French: L'hallucination de l'alchimiste), also known as The Alchemist's Hallucination, was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliés.
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Plot
The film features a star with five female heads and a giant face that has people coming out of its mouth.
Production
The sets were hand painted.
Release and influence
The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 95 in its catalogues. The film is currently presumed lost.
The 1900 Edison Manufacturing Company short The Clown and the Alchemist, directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, may have been inspired by this film.
References
An Hallucinated Alchemist Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA