The Talisman
About The Talisman
Gusman and Léonora are kept apart by her guardian and by another suitor. A fairy gives the desperate young man a sheep's foot that works like a magic wand. With it the lovers get a short idyll, until someone steals the foot.
Cast & crew
More about The Talisman
Albert Capellani directed and adapted the 1806 féerie Le Pied de mouton by Alphonse Martainville and Louis-François Ribié, first played at the Théâtre de la Gaîté. Segundo de Chomón did the photography and the trick work. Pathé released it in 1907. The English title is The Talisman, or Sheep's Foot. It runs about 15 minutes.
Themes
Look
Segundo de Chomón photographed the film and handled the trick effects for Pathé.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The stage féerie was revived in 1850 and 1860 and was still played for children in the early twentieth century.
- The talisman is a sheep's foot, not a wand.
- The French title is Le Pied de mouton.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-the-talisman-or-sheeps-foot.
Scenes
- The fairy hands Gusman the sheep's foot.
Influenced by
- Le Pied de mouton by Alphonse Martainville and Louis-François Ribié (1806)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-talisman-or-sheeps-foot)
