This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks and making sexy ladies appear out of nowhere. The colourful visual effects are very impressive for the time.
Watch the official Fantaisies endiablées 1907 trailer in HD below.
La Danse du diable Trailer
The Devil's Dance Trailer
France 04 July 1907
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01 January 1907
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01 January 1907
Four Arab men in white burnouses, two women in grey, and one female cook in striped burnous, are sitting in front of a cave in a forest path.
01 February 1907
Various scenes of daily working life at a sugar plantation in Hawaii.
17 March 1907
Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting fellow officers.
01 August 1907
Lost silent film, known to be the very first film adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's tragedy of the same name, dealing with the last years of the Tsar's reign and the pretender Grigory (the false Dmitriy).
17 December 1907
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
29 May 1907
No prints of the film have been preserved so the film can be considered a lost film. The original screenplay has also been lost.
01 February 1907
Scenes of men and women parading horses.
09 September 1907
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03 January 1907
This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.
08 May 1907
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