A Mysterious Portrait

Name: Le Portrait mystérieux
Genre: Short
Released: 1900-06-30
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Georges Méliès

Original title: Le Portrait mystérieux

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Georges Méliès in A Mysterious Portrait (1899)

Short

A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.

Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Georges Méliès

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

639

YOUR RATING

Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Georges Méliès

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Star Film 196.

User reviews6

Featured review

6/10

Here you can really see Georges Méliès' talents as a magician.

"Le Portrait Mystérieux" is a very short film, as were all of Georges Méliès and other filmmakers' work back in 1899. This one is a bit shorter than usual, at only a bit over a minute in length.

In the film, you see the filmmaker's background as a stage magician. It's all very staged, as you see Georges Méliès enter the picture carrying an enormous empty frame. He sets it up and using magic makes a duplicate of himself appear inside the frame.

This is a very good trick for 1899, though the other Georges Méliès inside the frame is now well centered. This sort of trick photography was in its infancy and so I'll cut it some slack. For it's time, it's pretty good though it could have used more...more than just about 75 seconds worth of entertainment.