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Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician
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'L'Enchanteur Alcofribas', sold in the United States as 'Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician' and in Britain as 'The Enchanter', is a 1903 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. It was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 514516 in its catalogues.
The magician's name, variously spelled Alcofribas or Alcofrisbas, is derived from Alcofrybas Nasier, a character in the book 'Pantagruel' (and a near-anagram of Franois Rabelais, the book's author). Mlis himself stars as Alcofrisbas; the woman whose head appears in closeup, sometimes misidentified as Jehanne d'Alcy, is unknown. The film's special effects include pyrotechnics, a waterfall, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.
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