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Le Manoir du diable
Also known as The Haunted Castle in the USA : [The Devil’s Castle], [The Manor of the Devil], [The Devil’s Manor]
(1896) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Georges Méliès
Cast: Georges Méliès [Mephistopheles], Jeanne d’Alcy [the girl]
Théâtre Robert-Houdin production. / Produced by Georges Méliès. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / The film is thought by some to be the first film about vampires — which is a stretch, as a bat flies around a castle then transforms into Mephistopheles. Frazer reel numbers 78-80.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [small-gauge reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Animals: Bats - Castles - Cauldrons - Devils - Magic
Listing updated: 5 February 2010.
References: Film viewing : Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 95, 139; Aylesworth-Movie pp. 43, 73; Bardèche-History pp. 11, 18 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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