The Diabolical Church Window
About The Diabolical Church Window
An old scholar, brooding over a book, is challenged by the devil. He throws pieces of clothing at a stained-glass church window until they assemble into a woman. The trick then runs backward. The woman multiplies into five copies, matching a folding screen.
Cast & crew
More about The Diabolical Church Window
Numbered 1548–1556 in the Star Film catalogues, but Pathé Frères produced and distributed it, advertising the subtitle magie vénitienne. Filmographies date the release 1911. Georgette Méliès, the director's daughter, is believed to have been one of the two camera operators on this and the other five Méliès films of 1911–1912. Georges Méliès plays the scholar.
Themes
Look
Georgette Méliès is credited among the camera operators for the 1911–1912 Méliès films, including this one.
Preservation
A fragment of about seven minutes survives. The rest is presumed lost.
Notes
- The French title is Le Vitrail diabolique.
- Only about seven minutes are known. Wikipedia times the fragment at 7 minutes and 17 seconds.
- The woman is built on the window like a puzzle, then taken apart again.
- Pathé's subtitle was "Venetian magic.
Scenes
- Pieces of clothing stick to the church window and become a woman.
- She splits into five to match the screen.
