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Egyptian Fakir with Dancing Monkey

1903 · 1 min Documentary
4.2 / 10 · TMDB

The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The movements of the monkey are very comical. (Taken on the winter cruise of the S. S. "Auguste Victoria" of the Hamburg-American Line, leaving New York on 03 Feb 1903.)

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Year 1903
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director A.C. Abadie
Runtime 1 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.2/10 (4 votes)

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The film constructs a simple ethnographic record, relying on the static camera's impartial gaze to capture a street performance. It explores the very origins of documentary as a medium, presenting a slice of life without narrative intervention.

What lingers after viewing is the charm of a preserved moment, a tiny window into both a bygone era and the infancy of cinema itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: A.C. Abadie

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