The Four Troublesome Heads

France, 1898

Film

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One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Georges Méliès

Duration

01:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1898

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-49296

Language

French

Subject categories

Comedy

Fantasy

TMDB-Movie

49296

Wikidata

Q1571073

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