"Lost film" 30 July 1901 Fantasy 3 mins
A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot and punishes the man with visions of phantoms in a cemetery in order to teach him a lesson.
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France 30 July 1901
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