A Fantasy (1908)

Also known as Fantasmagorie

1908 · Animation · 2 min · dir. Émile Cohl

Experience the world’s first hand-drawn film animation

• Animation
• Comedy

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Synopsis

Much to our amazement, with the use of chalkboard hand-drawn animation, the caricaturist Émile Cohl conjures up the stick figure of an agile and pliable clown as he encounters a plethora of ever-shifting objects. Without a doubt, the transformations seem endless, in an attempt that is considered to be the very first animated cartoon.

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Details

Director

Émile Cohl

Writer

Émile Cohl

Studio

Société des Etablissements Gaumont (FR)

Released

1908-08-17

Running time

2 minutes

Cast & crew

• Émile Cohl Director

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