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An Hallucinated Alchemist
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Wikipedia article
'An Hallucinated Alchemist' , also known as 'The Alchemist's Hallucination', was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Mlis. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually 'The Mysterious Retort' (1906).
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 Mlis'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
Category:1897 films
Category:1897 horror films
Category:Films directed by Georges Mlis
Category:Lost horror films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Lost French films
Category:French silent short films
Category:French horror films
Category:1890s lost films
Category:1890s short films
Category:Silent horror films
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