Temptation of St. Anthony (Original)
1900
Alternative Titles
N/ABFI identifier
22844For further information on how to access the film and associated materials, check the Notes on the Print under the Technical tab.
Synopsis
TRICK - stop-action. St Anthony sits reading at a desk, on which a skull is visible. A young woman wearing a skin-coloured body suit appears before him. Overcome by temptation he approaches her, but she sidles away and changes into a skeleton. St Anthony collapses on the floor. (13ft) (16mm) (Shotlist)
- Production Country: USA
- Production Company: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- BFI Category: Fiction
- Source: N/A
Cast
N/ACredits
Production Company: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Director of Photography: Arthur Marvin
Film Technical Information
- Original Length: N/A
- Length of BFI Viewing Print: N/A
- Support: Viewable
- Black and White
- Format: 35 mm , 16 mm
Comments on the print:
This print is incorrectly listed on its can as a Mutoscope version of the life of the Saint. It is in fact the Méliès version. The film included in a comiplation tape is also the Méliés version. So it cannot be discussed further here.