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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1373

Ah! La Barbe

19052 minFrance

Synopsis

An ordinary shave becomes a nightmare when a man's mirror fills with grotesque faces. His attempts to deal with the visions turn a familiar morning ritual into a series of visual surprises.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 1:45
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Segundo de Chomón · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsSegundo de Chomón

Behind the scenes

Segundo de Chomón builds the short around trick photography and transformations, using the mirror as the boundary between an everyday setting and impossible appearances.

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