The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

1900 Fantasy 2 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

A prince calls on a wizard, who vanishes a table, turns a cauldron into a woman, and then makes her disappear while the prince is courting her. The prince tries to kill him with a sword and fails. The wizard turns the prince into a beggar and surrounds him with a crowd of women. The prince gets his own shape back, leaves with the woman, and the wizard is shut in a cage.

Cast & crew

More about The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

The French title is Le Sorcier, le prince et le bon génie. Georges Méliès directed the Star Film release in 1900. One credit list casts him as the prince.

Themes

Music

Silent.

Notes

  • The American release title is The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy.
  • The transformations run from a table to a cauldron to a woman.
  • The finish puts the wizard in a cage and sends the prince off with the woman.
  • The French listing times it at two minutes.

Scenes

  • A cauldron becomes a woman, and she vanishes as the prince courts her.
  • The wizard ends inside a cage.

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