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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1084

Le Cochon danseur

19074 minFrance

Synopsis

An elaborately dressed, human-sized pig tries to court a young woman and receives a humiliating rebuff. Their confrontation turns into a dance, followed by a close display of the creature's animated face. The short combines a comic stage routine with the disquieting detail of its animal costume.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 4:21
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

DirectorsMillard Mercury

Reception and legacy

The Pathé short found a new audience online roughly a century after its release. Its strange final gestures became a widely shared example of how an old theatrical attraction can acquire an unexpected modern reputation.

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