Satan at Play

1907 FantasyHorror 10 minutes

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About Satan at Play

The Devil rides a magic elevator to Earth. He startles two sewer workers, puts on a disguise, and picks fights with a coachman, a police sergeant, and a barman. He is shut in a cage with a young woman and goes back to Hell. The woman is Madame Devil, jealous and in disguise.

Cast & crew

More about Satan at Play

Segundo de Chomón directed and wrote this Pathé trick short. The French title is Satan s'amuse. Julienne Mathieu and Chomón are in the cast. Wikidata gives 10 minutes. It is often filed, on IMDb and on YouTube, as if it were Le spectre rouge.

Themes

Preservation

A copy is on the Internet Archive, filed under both the English and French titles.

Notes

  • The French title is Satan s'amuse. The Spanish title used in catalogues is Satán se divierte.
  • Madame Devil is the woman in the cage, not a victim.
  • A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-satan-samuse-aka-satan-at-play.
  • Do not match it to Le spectre rouge. That is a different Chomón short.

Scenes

  • The Devil steps out of the elevator and scares the sewer workers.
  • The woman in the cage is revealed as Madame Devil.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-satan-samuse-aka-satan-at-play)