Easter Eggs

1907 Fantasy 3 minutes Directed by Segundo de Chomón

About Easter Eggs

Julienne Mathieu produces eggs from an empty table. They multiply, change size, and float. They hatch into small figures.

Cast & crew

More about Easter Eggs

Segundo de Chomón directed, wrote, and photographed the short for Pathé. Mathieu, his wife, performs the egg trick. The French title is Les Œufs de Pâques.

Themes

Look

Segundo de Chomón photographed the substitutions that multiply and resize the eggs.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Mathieu is the only billed performer.
  • Chomón is credited as photographer as well as director.
  • The French title is Les Œufs de Pâques.

Scenes

  • Eggs appear, grow, and float before they hatch.