China Versus Allied Powers

A magician presents a circular piece of paper from which he removes the flags of the allies. Then from each flag he produces a soldier from the respective country, and finally he produces a Chinaman. But hardly have the allies seen the latter than they pounce on him and try to cut him into pieces. The funniest part of our story is that the Chinaman escapes in a balloon, with an expression of childish innocence on his face as the allies try to cut him up.

• Georges MélièsDirector

Release date

January 1, 1900

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1m

Genres

Comedy