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The Witch's Revenge

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Wikipedia article




'Le Sorcier', sold in the United States as 'The Witch's Revenge' and in Britain as 'The Sorcerer's Revenge', is a 1903 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. It was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 473475 in its catalogues.

Plot



In a courtly setting, a king condemns an old sorcerer to be chained to a post and tortured. The sorcerer, begging for mercy, attempts to entertain the court with magic, conjuring up a classical 'tableau vivant' and making a chair spin of its own accord. However, the king is steadfast. Just as he is about to chain up the sorcerer, however, his attendants transform into assistants of the sorcerer, and chain the king up instead. The sorcerer and the whole court link arms, and they all dance away happily.

Production



Mlis plays the sorcerer, whose magic is created using a combination of stage machinery, trap doors, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.

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