This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of all, he runs up the wall, dances and turns handsprings in mid-air, introducing many tricks that are entirely new in animated photography. The most puzzling of all the mystical series. (Star Film Catalog)
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Georges Méliès as The Hindoo Magician
Georges Méliès Director
A légy-ember Trailer
France 09 August 1902
United States 01 February 1903
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