The Devil in a Convent (1899)
Le diable au couvent
A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium.
- Date of release
- 1899-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (80)
- Runtime
- 3m
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
- Director
- Georges Méliès
Casting
- Georges Méliès — The Devil
Interesting facts
The Devil in a Convent, released in the UK as "The Sign of the Cross", or the Devil in a Convent, is an 1899 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès.
Production
The film may have been inspired in part by the phantasmagoria productions of the French magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert, known by the stage name "Robertson". Méliès himself plays the Devil in the film. The Devil in a Convent was likely the first Méliès film to take advantage of dissolves as a transition effect.
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