The Indian Sorcerer
About The Indian Sorcerer
A woman dusts a painting of a turbaned sorcerer. He bursts through the canvas, pulls an egg from her ear, and grows it until he can cut it in half. The shells, a palm, and a pair of spectacles become a giant scale. He cooks a mixture in the egg and produces hens, then two tiny children, then the woman herself. She bows and leaves. He puts a half-shell on his back and crawls off.
Cast & crew
More about The Indian Sorcerer
Georges Méliès sold it as Star Film numbers 1253–1257. The French title is Le Fakir de Singapour. Effects use pyrotechnics and substitution splices. The set is an open space of Moorish houses, palms, and water.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The sorcerer wears a turban and long robes in the painting before he steps out of it.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the French title.
Scenes
- The sorcerer comes through his own portrait and draws an egg from the woman's ear.
- She bursts out of the cooked egg, bows, and he crawls away under a half-shell.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le Fakir de Singapour)
