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Coppelia, the Animated Doll
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'Coppelia, the Animated Doll' was a 1900 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. It was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 307308 in its catalogues.
The film is modeled on the 1870 ballet 'Copplia', which itself is loosely based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Sandman". The balletprobably acting alongside the version of the same story in Jacques Offenbach's 'The Tales of Hoffmann'inspired Mlis on numerous occasions, including a stage illusion at his Thtre Robert-Houdin as well as various others of his films, such as 'An Up-to-Date Conjuror' (1899) and 'Extraordinary Illusions' (1903).
'Coppelia, the Animated Doll' is currently presumed lost.
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