The Witch's Revenge
About The Witch's Revenge
In a medieval hall a king orders an old sorcerer chained and tortured. The sorcerer begs and tries to entertain the court, conjuring a classical tableau and a chair that spins by itself. Just as the king moves to chain him, the attendants turn into the sorcerer's helpers and chain the king instead. The sorcerer and the court link arms and dance away.
Cast & crew
More about The Witch's Revenge
Sold in France as Le Sorcier and in Britain as The Sorcerer's Revenge, Star Film numbers 473–475. The magic is stage machinery, trap doors, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.
Themes
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- A sales text has the sorcerer ask for one hour and promise the king a wife. The surviving action plays the reprieve as a tableau and a spinning chair.
- The king's own attendants are the ones who switch sides.
- A print survives.
- Georges Méliès directed it for Star Film.
Scenes
- A chair spins on its own in front of the king.
- The attendants chain the king and dance out with the sorcerer.
