Trick Film Movies

A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the...

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends,...

Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one...

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and...

This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water...

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a...

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

A series of trick film hallucinations and scary doubling effects result when Patachon smokes an opium cigarette.

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After...

Showing the interior of a dining room of a modest cottage, whereto enter a young couple to partake in their meal, which is being served up by the...

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

A modern reimagining of the trick film, combining the love of spectacle, the artist's process and the dark state of today's politics.