Fantasmagorie (1908)

Name: Fantasmagorie
Genre: Animation
Released: 1908-08-17

Running Time

August 17, 1908
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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Émile Cohl

Director / Writer / Screenplay

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Details.

Release Date
August 17, 1908

Status
Released

Running Time
2m

Genres
Animation

Last updated: 2025-02-12

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Fantasmagorie (also called 'A Fantasy') is a 1908 French animated short film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.