The Laboratory of Mephistopheles
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Director Georges Melies Producer Georges Melies Duration Language Silent | 5/10 IMDb Genre Short, Horror Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1897 Genres Horror, Silent film, Short Film Similar movies Related Georges Melies movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (French: Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès), initially released in Britain and America as Laboratory of Mephistopheles and also known as The Cabinet of Mephistopheles and The Devil's Laboratory, was an 1897 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, loosely inspired by the Faust legend. The film has been cited both as the first Faustian film and as Méliès's first literary adaptation.
In the film, Mephistopheles, the demon who appears in the Faust legend, cavorts under various disguises, and then shows his true form. Mephistopheles also conjures up various magical effects.
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 118–120 in its catalogues. It is currently presumed lost.
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