Scullion's Dream

1908 ComedyFantasy 6 minutes Directed by Segundo de Chomón

About Scullion's Dream

The kitchen staff falls asleep from the work. A dwarf appears, cuts off their hands while they sleep, and, by stop-motion, sets the hands and other objects to finish the chores.

Cast & crew

More about Scullion's Dream

Segundo de Chomón wrote and directed. The French title is Le Rêve des marmitons. Wikidata times it at 6 minutes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The hands keep working after they are cut off.
  • The catalog calls the animation stop-motion.
  • No player is named.

Scenes

  • The dwarf cuts the sleepers' hands free and the hands go on with the kitchen work.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Le rêve des marmitons)