The Treasures of Satan
About The Treasures of Satan
In an old château a miser has locked up seven bags of gold. Satan puts them in a strongbox and makes signs over it. The miser opens the box and the bags jump out. He puts them back. The next time they are seven young women, who chase him, beat him, and shut him in the box. He gets out. The women and the money are gone. Georges Méliès plays the miser. The French title is Les Trésors de Satan. In Britain it was The Devil’s Money Bags. Star Film numbered it 413–414.
Cast & crew
More about The Treasures of Satan
Méliès directed and acted. The plot above is the Star Film catalog text. Wikidata times it at 3 minutes.
Themes
Making
The trick is the box: bags leap out, then women leap out, and both are gone when the miser climbs free.
Technique
Substitution splices turn the bags into women and empty the box.
Preservation
The film survives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The American release title is The Treasures of Satan.
- Seven bags become seven women. The count is in the catalog.
- Méliès is the miser, not Satan, on the cast credit that names him.
- A Commons file uses the French title.
Scenes
- The bags jump out of the strongbox.
- They return as seven women, who shut the miser inside.
- He climbs out to an empty hall.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Les Trésors de Satan (1902).webm)
