Playing Cards (1896)

Name: Playing Cards
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Released: 1896-01-01

Running Time

Plot.

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.

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Cast & Crew.

Gaston Méliès

Un joueur de cartes

Georges Méliès

Un joueur de cartes / Director / Writer

Georgette Méliès

La petite fille

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1896

Original Name
Une partie de cartes

Status
Released

Running Time
1m

Genres
Documentary Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

poker

camping

garden

remake

drink

silent film

card playing

19th century

cigarette

Wiki.

Playing Cards (French: Une partie de cartes, literally "A Card Party") is an 1896 French black-and-white silent actuality film by Georges Méliès. It was the first film in Méliès' prolific career, and thus is number one in his Star Film catalogue. It is a remake of Louis Lumière's film The Messers. Lumière at Cards, which was released earlier the same year. Along with Georges Méliès himself, his brother Gaston Méliès and daughter Georgette Méliès also appear in the film.