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The Treasures of Satan

1902 · 3 min Horror Fantasy
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seven bags in a strong box, and makes with his hands some cabalistic motions. The miser comes into the hall and is greatly astonished to find his fortune missing. He opens the coffer and immediately the bags leap out. He gathers them up and puts them back into the coffer. When he opens it again he finds that they have been transformed into seven young girls, who rush out and chase after him, beating him unmercifully. They shut him up in the coffer from which his gold has vanished. The miser pushes open the lid of the coffer, and to his profound despair finds that both young girls and money have disappeared. (This view is most sensational in its mysterious scenes.) (Star Film Catalog)

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Les Trésors de Satan
Year 1902
Country France
Genre Horror, Fantasy
Director Georges Méliès
Runtime 3 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (35 votes)

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Méliès constructs a concise moral fable, relying on theatrical grotesque and the magic of trick editing. Exploring the classic tale of punished greed, he transforms material wealth into a phantasmagorical spectacle of vanishing treasures.

What lingers after the chase is the playful irony of the punishment, where vice is corrected not by sermon, but by a whirlwind of cinematic illusion. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Georges Méliès

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