The Hallucinated Alchemist
Cast
Credits
Produced by: 
Georges Méliès
Plot
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou La cornue infernale" (The Mysterious Retort) as this film, "L'hallucination de l'alchimiste" (An Hallucinated Alchemist) from 1897, which continues to be considered a lost film.
Sinekatalog’s take
A lost trick-film about an alchemist's visions, known today mostly through confusion and legend. What survives is more intriguing as a historical puzzle than as an experience. Of interest to film-history sleuths.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (354 votes)
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