Le Diable au couvent

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSatan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.

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Georges Méliès

The Devil
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10boblipton

That Old Devil Georges

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 a outlet of Pandemonium. Another of Melies' wonderful combinations of stage and film magic, this tells a fine little story of the triumph of faith.

But how did he get into the convent in the first place?

This is one of the many previously lost or infrequently seen Melies pictures that have been made available by Serge Bromberg, David Shepherd and a myriad of other hands in the newly issued DVD set GEORGES MELIES: FIRST WIZARD OF CINEMA. Required viewing for anyone interested in the history of movies ..... and a lot of fun.

8injury-65447

There's a lot going on

This is one of the more engaging films from this period. A little hard to take in everything that's happening on the screen but lots of funny and entertaining moments. Who doesn't enjoy scaring a bunch of nuns or manifesting a legion of imps?

6Hitchcoc

Another Stab at Religion

The Devil comes out of the ground at a convent and chases the nuns away. Once he has hold of the place, a whole host of demons join him and they begin to intimidate everyone. Of course, in true Dracula fashion, as soon as those crosses show, up the devils have had it. The costuming is fun. There is a lot of tricky maneuvering and staging since there are so many more characters.

8MisterSisterFister

Stupid Christians

This was pretty awesome. It had a lot of satanic stuff, which is cool since you get to watch these demons taunt those stupid Christians and nuns and all. But, unfortunately, those pesky Christians just had to save the day, which suck, of course. That's why I didn't rate it a 9.

6Red-Barracuda

A fairly routine Méliès fantasy short

This is another of Georges Méliès fantasy shorts. In this one Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he announces himself and scares away the nuns. H then proceeds to make the place his own with various demonic décor and a selection of minions. The religious authorities eventually rise up and defeat him, banishing him from the convent.

I wouldn't say this is one of Méliès best. It's still inventive and full of trick shots. We would expect nothing less from the great man. But it's perhaps not as visually interesting as some others he made at the time. Still well worth seeing if you are interested in the earliest days of film.

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Anecdotes
In 2010, the Cinémathèque Basque received a donation of a box of 35mm films, recovered by a private individual in 1995 from a garbage bin in Bilbao. The box was found to contain 32 films, including hand-colored prints of The Devil in a Convent, and another 1899 Méliès film, The Mysterious Knight. Previously, these two films had only been available in black-and-white copies. The hand-colored print of The Devil in a Convent was judged to be in too advanced a state of decomposition to be restored completely, however, the third scene of the film was in good enough condition to be restored. Both films were entrusted to the Filmoteca de Catalunya for restoration, under the supervision of two Méliès scholars, Roland Cosandey and Jacques Malthête. (Source: Wikipedia; Quévrain, Anne-Marie (October 2014), "Deux films en couleurs de Georges Méliès retrouvés en Espagne!")