The Diabolical Church Window (1911)

Name: The Diabolical Church Window
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1911-10-01

Running Time

Plot.

Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church window, like a jigsaw puzzle (and later in reverse). The woman also multiplies herself five-fold so as to match a similar paravent.

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Cast & Crew.

Georges Méliès

Director

Georgette Méliès

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
October 1, 1911

Original Name
Le vitrail diabolique

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-04-07

This Movie Is About.

silent film

Wiki.

The Diabolical Church Window (French: Le Vitrail diabolique) is a 1911 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was numbered 1548–1556 for the catalogues of Méliès's Star Film Company, but it was ultimately produced and distributed by Pathé Frères, who advertised it as with the subtitle magie vénitienne (Venetian magic).

Méliès's daughter, Georgette Méliès, is believed to have been one of the two camera operators for this and the other five Méliès films made in 1911–1912. Only a seven-minute portion of the film is currently known to survive; the rest is presumed lost.