Match de prestidigitation (literally "conjuring contest"),[3] released in the United States as A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself, and in the United Kingdom as A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians, is a 1904 French short silent film directed by French film pioneer Georges Méliès.[2]
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself / A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians | |
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Georges Méliès |
Production company | Star Film Company |
Release date | 13 February 1904 (USA)[1] |
Running time | 60 meters[2] (approx. 2 minutes)[3] |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
The film was a lost film until partially rediscovered in 2016.
A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.[3]
Méliès himself plays the magician in the film.[4]
A Wager Between Two Magicians was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 542–544 in its catalogues.[2] It was assumed lost until 2016, when a reel containing the final two thirds of the film was discovered at the Czech Film Archive.[4]
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