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Hydrothérapie fantastique poster
FRANCE · 1909

Hydrothérapie fantastique

Georges Méliès
European Art Cinema medical experimentation body transformation magical realism early special effects comedic violence
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Synopsis

Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

Year1909
CountryFrance
DirectorGeorges Méliès
MovementEuropean Art Cinema
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