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La poule phénomène

La poule phénomène

1905Short⏱️ 2m
Short
4.5
IMDB Rating
24 votes

A magician produces from an immense egg a hen. This gives him six eggs, which, in breaking them, show living chicks. A good soup is made of the whole family, and while we think that all birds have perished, we are surprised to see...

Director
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Writers
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Stars
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Language
None, French
Country
France
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Pathé Frères

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

The Pathe Hen
by boblipton2022-02-08
6/10

"A man takes an enormous egg, cracks it, and out steps a full-grown hen. He then performs various magic tricks with it. Movies like these were common at this time, impelled by the success of Melies and the surprisingly large number of movie makers who had been stage magicians. The tricks on exhibit here are well done, but they are of the stop-motion variety: stop the camera, change the set-up, and a transformation occurs. Still and all, they are well done...."

📖 Synopsis

A magician produces from an immense egg a hen. This gives him six eggs, which, in breaking them, show living chicks. A good soup is made of the whole family, and while we think that all birds have perished, we are surprised to see...