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Wikipedia article




'Satan in Prison' is a 1907 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. The film tells the story of an imprisoned man (played by Mlis himself) who turns out to be the Devil in disguise.

Plot



The film features Mlis in a room which is intended to be a cell and he finds ways to cure his boredom by performing tricks, such as vanishing and magically appearing picture frames and sudden appearing fireplaces and dinner tables with wine. Towards the end of the film he appears as Satan and tricks his guards by disappearing in a blanket.



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Production and release



Mlis, who had begun his performing career as a successful stage magician, often featured the Devil in his films, taking advantage of the character's possibilities as a creator of strange magical happenings. In 'Satan in Prison', as was his usual practice, Mlis himself appears as the Devil.

The film's special effects were created with pyrotechnics and substitution splices. Mlis filmed an expanded version of the same idea, with many of the same props but with more characters and a more elaborate narrative, two years later as 'The Diabolic Tenant'. 'Satan in Prison' was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and numbered 10101013 in its catalogues.

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