Le Thaumaturge chinois, sold in the United States as Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer and in Britain as The Chinese Juggler, is a 1904 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 578–580 in its catalogues.[1]
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer | |
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Georges Méliès |
Production company | Star Film Company |
Release date | 1904 |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Méliès plays the conjurer of the title; his tricks are worked using substitution splices and dissolves. The motion in the film is noticeably fast, even at silent-film speeds such as 16 frames per second; Méliès may have had his camera operator deliberately undercrank the camera to create a stylized effect.[2]
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