The Devil's Laboratory (1897)
3m
Running Time
January 1, 1897Release Date
The Devil's Laboratory (1897)
3m
Running Time
January 1, 1897Release Date
Plot.
"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he disappears in a cloud of smoke, to reappear shortly as a ghost, whose head comes off and floats around the room. Suddenly the table gets up of itself, and flies up the chimney. All sorts of wonderful things happen. A cannon takes the place occupied by the table, and belches forth flame and smoke. A large cage appears mysteriously in the center of the room, through the bars of which the Devil passes as if it were an open door. By his magic, he makes the cavalier pass through the bars in the same wonderful fashion. Everything is so weird and fantastic, that such a small trifle as a man turning into a donkey excites but passing notice." -Edison catalog
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1897
Original NameLe cabinet de Méphistophélès
StatusReleased
Running Time3m
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Wiki.
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (French: Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès), initially released in Britain and America as Laboratory of Mephistopheles and also known as The Cabinet of Mephistopheles, The Devil's Laboratory, Faust's Laboratory, and The Laboratory of Faust, was an 1897 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, loosely inspired by the Faust legend.