Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
MovieTitle | Le Thaumaturge chinois |
User score | 4.8 |
Release date | Apr 29, 1904 |
Genre | Comedy |
Director | Georges Méliès |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Star Film Company |
Run time | 3 min. |
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the transfers continue in front of a simple backdrop.