1908

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.