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Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjuror
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjuror
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TCHIN-CHAO, THE CHINESE CONJUROR

Le thaumaturge chinois

Directed by Georges Méliès
France, 1904
Short

Synopsis

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a second woman appears.

Synopsis

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a second woman appears.